Tatiyana Kraevskaya says, “Art is a spiritual language I use to communicate with people, no matter what language they speak. My work is about reaching every single heart by touching the deepest sanctuaries of the human soul. I invite viewers of my paintings to feel a higher awareness of light and reality.” She was born in a small town in Moldova. At age 15, Tatiyana began studying at an art college. After graduation four years later, she began working as an art teacher in a school and then worked as an assistant for an art director in movie productions. Her interest in movies prompted her to seek education in this field at the national institute of cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, Russia, where she studied for six productive years in the art department. For the next ten years, she designed costumes and sets for movies and for theaters, gave private art lessons and showed her paintings at art exhibitions. Tatiyana immigrated to the United States, where she continues to paint and has exhibited her work at various galleries, rehabilitation centers and schools. Her paintings have received numerous awards, and her paintings are in a museum and in private art collections.