Be swept away by the visual dance of Olga Suvorova’s opulent paintings. With poised choreography and lavishly decorated costumes, characters and themes are depicted in a signature style influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, Gustav Klimt, and traditional Russian icons. Her ornate costumes—their silks and velvets, jewels and embroideries—are often the stars of any scene, which she rounds out with musical instruments, games of chance, and more than a few sidelong glances. Suvorova, who comes from a three-generation dynasty of artists, studied monumental composition at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. She is known for her portraiture, both at home in Russia and around the world. Twelve of her gorgeous paintings are on exhibit within this calendar.