The Canadian artist of Russian origin, Konstantin Dvoretsky (Costa Dvorezky), resides in Toronto and teaches at Max the Mutt. His paintings are rarely static—his characters seem eager to escape the canvas and leap toward the viewer. “I’ve been creating art since early childhood; it’s a great way to escape reality, he says.
Posts like these are grouped under the hashtag #artrauflikes, and all 120 of them can be found in the “Art Rauf Likes section on beinginamerica.com—unlike Facebook, which overlooks nearly half.












