Lyuba
was born in Moscow, Russia in 1979. But by the time she could walk, her family moved to
the Far East of Russia to the city of Khabarovsk. There, she attended art
schools from the early age of eight. Her love of art began as soon as she
could hold a pencil. Lyuba would create drawings to illustrate the Russian fairytales her mother would read or her father's tales of the wild adventures
he took into the mountains.
In
1995 Lyuba came to the United States as a high school exchange student and
continued her studies in art at the Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree. After graduating, she started Two For Tea Design Studio, specializing in freelance design and illustration.
Lyuba lives in Little Rock with her husband Marty and daughters
Aleksandra and Ekaterina. After working as a senior art director at a large advertising agency for fifteen years, Lyuba is now fully devoted to being a full time fine artist, illustrator and freelance designer. Look for her illustrations in "Noah Builds
a Boat" by Dr. Mary Manz Simon, a Random House Golden Book and in “Winter
in Songming” by Page McBrier, published by Heifer International in 2008.
Lyuba is also passionate about teaching art classes to people of all ages. She has taught at the Arkansas Art Center as well as at various art programs in Arkansas. She continues to teach private and group art classes. She believes that by looking at everything through "artist's eyes", we learn new appreciation and understanding for ourselves, each other and the world we live in.