ABOUT ME

FAQ:

Why don't you give your birth date?

FGA: (frequently given answers):

1. Vanity.

2. Contrariness.

3. Why do you need to know?

4. When I grow up I'll tell.

5. Seventh of August.

	Go to my Self-Portrait Gallery to see these and more.

Born in Paris, raised in South America, USA and Europe. I live in London and have dual nationality, British-American. My father was Russian, my mother French. My alter ego is the cartoon character Augustine and her blog is Blaugustine where she sometimes interviews God, among other celebrities.

Art education in Paris, New York, San Miguel Allende, Mexico and London. My work as painter, printmaker, book-artist and cartoonist is described elsewhere on this site. I've had many part-time jobs including: window-display designer, hotel receptionist, theatre box-officer, filmscript writer, editor, fringe theatre performer, co-director of the Centre for the Imagination (London 1980's).

Apart from art, my main self-supporting activity has been teaching in adult education - drawing, painting, printmaking, problem-solving. It's my conviction, supported by experience, that every individual regardless of age, background or education has some unique creative ability which can be encouraged, developed and in some cases become the driving force in their lives. In London I taught at Camden Arts Centre, the City Literary Institute and Stanhope Institute. I was visiting artist at Colorado College, Colorado Springs and lectured at American and European colleges. I give workshops and talks on aspects of creativity, printmaking and/or my own work. I also take on art and design commissions and write articles on a free-lance basis.