Mila Kazav was born in the former Soviet Union, but relocated to Canada with her husband in the early 1990s. Early in her artistic career, Mila began to study portrait photography, but eventually switched to the expressionist acrylic masterpieces for which she is now known.

Mila says, “My training in terms of colors is not formalized. My sense of colors is totally intuitive and in my blood. For me these paintings are not abstracts, but rather realistic seascapes, where every viewer can see and imagine details in their very deep distance. I am trying to create feelings and almost force my viewer to play my game of imagination. Often the viewer sees his or her own images in my paintings. So be it! Enjoy your own game on my territory.”