Some artists call themselves avant-garde, some realists, impressionists or even surrealists. However, this type-casting is only important for those who lack talent. Anastasia Barabanova comes from Russia the country of classical ballet and great literature. The decades of totalitarian regime had been cruelly restraining of creative freedom, however, the countrymanaged to preserve the great school of painting that has been practically lost in the liberal West.

During the several years that she spent in the Southern US and France, Anastasia was finally convinced of her brilliance. Only her outstanding beauty could possibly compete with her paintings.