Svetlana Kozak was born and raised in the Caucasus region of Russia, and has made Encinitas, California her home since 1999.Ever she could remember , she wanted to be an artist. She works with different subject matter and media like Russian Matryoshka dolls, acrylic and oil paintings on canvassed large wall murals. She finds her artistic inspiration through travel, meeting people of different cultures, wild and not so wild animals, and the environment and its concerns. Every day she wishes to create something new to make the world a prettier place.