"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
-Albert Einstein
Vladimir Vorotchaev was born in Riga, Latvia in 1951. He began drawing and exhibiting his art when he was eight years old. He received first place in the city competition "Childrens Art" in 1959. From 1960 to 1969 he studied Fine Art from the art master Vitalii Tsvirka in Belorussia. From 1969 he begun his career at the Art and Theater Academy in Minsk, Belorussia. After his graduation in 1975 he began participating in national and international exhibitions. His artworks can be found in the National Museum of Art in Belorussia, Regional Museum of Art of Belostock, Poland, as well as in many galleries and private collections from Moscow to San Diego. He immigrated to the United States in 1990. From 2001 to 2002 he worked in Caribbean Islands. His paintings have been exhibited at the Mark Stewart Fine Art Gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2002 Vladimir returned to San Diego where he works as a full time artist and art instructor. He is a member of the of the Portraits Society of San Diego and has received the highest honor 2 years in a row by the Portrait Society. Vladimir is a master at Portraits. His ability to look at a person, whether from a photograph or in person, and capture their look as well as their soul, makes Vladimir truly a master. Visit www.vortart.com to see Vladimir’s art.

Born and raised in San Diego, CA Sandy Scheller's knowledge for art  and travel is never ending.  As a professional mime and flamenco dancer, Sandy is an artist working with glass, found objects, silver and gold. While in Venice, Italy, Sandy developed a technique that gives glass a different dimension.  Sandy was aware of Vladimir's amazing art and as a combined effort created portraits in glass that are pure glass, one of a kind and last forever. From what they are told by other professional glass artists, Sandy and Vlad have created art glass that cannot be duplicated by others.  They constantly joke about this process needing four hands and two art brains, but it’s true. "I remember coming back form Italy so excited about what  I discovered," says Sandy Scheller, "and after sharing this with Vladimir, we knew we could do something truly unique." Working for Cirque du Soleil has helped our work because of the discipline of beginning a project and completing it so that it is unique, pleasing to all and that each piece is made with unconditional quality and love.