Rusudana Glonti is a classically trained realist artist who works primarily in oils. Although she had been drawing since childhood, she pursued her art career seriously later in life, honing her skills at The Angel Art Academy in Florence, Italy, where she completed the full programme in drawing and painting. Upon returning to Scotland, she began working from her own studio in Aberdeenshire, continuing her artistic development through workshops with prominent artists in the UK, Italy, and the USA, including Joshua LaRock, Max Ginsburg, and Kathy Anderson. Inspired by the masters of the late 19th century, such as Ilya Repin, John Singer Sargent, and Joaquín Sorolla, Rusudana has developed her own distinctive style to communicate her artistic vision.

Her focus is primarily on still life and the human form, though she has recently expanded into animal portraits. Rusudana has participated in numerous national and international art exhibitions, winning awards such as the Grand Prize in the Still Life Competition by International Artist magazine (2015) and Third Prize in the Artists of the Year competition by Artists & Illustrators (2013). Her work has also been shortlisted multiple times for Artists of the Year and she was a finalist in the ARC International Salon by The Art Renewal Center for eight consecutive years. Her paintings can be found in private collections in the UK and USA.



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Trying to be me.

Throughout my life, I've been inspired by a number of artists, particularly those of the late 19th and early 20th centuries like Repin, Sargent, and Sorolla. Studying their work taught me the remarkable ability to lift the mundane into the realm of the beautiful — a quality I consider the essence of art.

I continue to explore my own ways of depicting and interpreting life. Drawing inspiration from a variety of sources, I seek to capture the beauty of the moment in every painting, sharing my vision with the viewer while striving to remain true to myself.