Sergei Bongart

Art connoisseurs can get a taste of Russian artwork between now and July 31 as a sampling of impressionist painter Kanya Bugreyev?s works are displayed at Penelope?s Café at 1029 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada. Bugreyev, of Montrose, previously studied with famed Russian painter Sergei Bongart, who left a mark on her artwork. ?All of us who studied with Sergei have his lovely colors and varied composition,? she said. However, she admits, her talent also has been influenced by her past, though she doesn?

Art connoisseurs can get a taste of Russian artwork between now and July 31 as a sampling of impressionist painter Kanya Bugreyev?s works are displayed at Penelope?s Café at 1029 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada. Bugreyev, of Montrose, previously studied with famed Russian painter Sergei Bongart, who left a mark on her artwork. ?All of us who studied with Sergei have his lovely colors and varied composition,? she said. However, she admits, her talent also has been influenced by her past, though she doesn?