Chrysalis Zelyss and now works as a

and now works as a full time San Francisco oil painter

Works of peony blossoms and goldfish mermaids painted with delicate precision by using calligraphy brush directly onto wood panels

and published by Doubleday (US) on October 18

In a recent short film about his work

tragedy and comedy

Chrysalis Zelyss and now works as aDetails About Oil on linen 14 x 16 in. 2024 17 x 19 in. (f) Framing included Jana Brike was born in Latvia, a small country in the Northeastern part of Europe, while it was under Soviet occupation. Her childhood was bittersweet, molded by dark stories of war and deportation told to her by her grandparents, the cold and conservative atmosphere of catholic church ceremonies, and heightened by breathtaking ballets at the Opera House. Her inspirations are