Natalya Bilmes

Teaches at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

Natalya’s early passion for painting and drawing was driven by her father, the highly regarded and practiced artist and teacher Semyon Bilmes. Her father made art lessons a tentative and dedicated practice throughout his children’s homeschooling years in a small bohemian town in Oregon. Natalya’s skills have been rigorously developed through dedication and consistent exercising of traditional techniques. She has an ability to capture beyond what the mundane eye can see, exposing personality from her subjects.
Living abroad in Turkey as a child has influenced her artistic aesthetic and inspired her to bring textures, colors and history from that part of the world into her work.

With nature as her ultimate teacher, and watercolor as a preferred medium, Natalya’s pairing of earth-rooted tones with rich jewel accents creates her signature look.

Natalya currently resides in Los Angeles where she continues to develop her art and teaching career.