Russian artist Elena Volkhonskaia-Best recieved her art education and early inspiration from her home city of St. Petersburg. Now living in the Wash.,D.C. area, she continues to build on that influence in all her contemporary work.
"My fascination with texture navigates me through my art work. Be it extra heavy impasto style paint or mixed media metal work, I find special interest in simple things, objects of everyday life and the kaleidoscope of raw material in nature. My motto is "Revealing the hidden energy through texture"."