Inspired by Guyana now on at National Gallery

A Mayya Lobova painting

Artist Mayya Lobova has been Inspired by Guyana and it shows in the tribute she has done to the country she lived in for some 4 years, now on display at the National Gallery, Castellani House.

Lobova’s 33 paintings show her artist’s enthusiastic response to the flora, fauna and landscape of Guyana that she discovered for the first time in beginning work as a translator/interpreter stationed in the Berbice River area of Region 10.

According to a press release from the National Gallery, Lobova was born in St Petersburg, Russia to parents who were artists. She earned a degree in African studies before coming to