Tatiana Rugers is an American contemporary realist painter predominantly known for her portraits and Trompe l’Oeil paintings. She is currently based in Florida, USA. The main goal of Tatiana Rugers when working on portraits is not exact photographic copy but capturing the essence of the person or subject, emotions and beauty of the heart and spirit.
"My style of painting is a combination of my original training in classical methods of oil painting at the beginning of my career and my ever wandering contemporary views of the subjects and ideas; layering paints, including impasto marks and varnish. Sometimes I use medium and make colored glazes; sometimes just straight paints from the tubes. "
Her art education started in Russia and continued her art education in the USA, Italy and France under many influential instructors . As an Internationally renowned artist she exhibited in France, USA, Italy, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, and Japan at International Art Salons shows. Her paintings are presented in private collections as well in public spaces in the USA, Russia, Italy, Sweden, Mexico just to name a few.
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