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This is one of two identical hand painted ceramic eggs called, the Theotokos. The first egg is part of a collection at Holy Transfiguration Church in Warrenville, Illinois. The second egg is part of a private collection. Highlights of this egg, is the use of gold leaf paint around the heads of the Theotokos and Christ child. Rich in detail, the hand painting of eggs is a Russian and Ukrainian tradition known as Pysanki or Pysanky. This is the front of the egg.

Svetlana Jenkins is from Volgograd, Russia. By education she is both an Artist and a Chemical Engineer, but it is her artistic career that she enjoys most. Watching her father paint, she became interested in art at a very early age. She is passionate about having her art communicate a story and demonstrates this with a focus on details in her portraits, still life’s, building architecture, and scenic landscapes. She especially loves to paint scenes of everyday life. Her preference is the classical style and includes oils, soft pastels, watercolors, and ceramics. Svetlana currently resides in Woodbridge, Virginia with her husband Robert and accepts commissioned art work from interested patrons. You may contact her to commission an...