Olga Chumakova recalls always drawing with pencils and pens for her friends, thinking everyone did it. This was in Braslaw, a small town with a rich history and culture, located on Belarus’s western border with Latvia and Lithuania. She continued drawing throughout her school years, then at the Belarusian University in Minsk, where she graduated with a master’s degree in biochemistry, and then at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in Ukraine, where she earned a doctorate in neurochemistry. In 2001, Olga accepted a visiting research position in the United States. Her work in nanobiology and drug delivery led her to a position as Imaging Research Manager at the UTHealth Center for Advanced Microscopy in Houston. Here, the physics of light and biological research complemented each other in both theory and practice. Olga trained scientists in confocal and high-resolution microscopes, while collecting fond memories of her colleagues from around the world. Her understanding of light and color was shaped by her experience as a microscopist investigating small biological objects. She continues to study art at the Draw Paint Academy (Dan Scott, Australia). Her work has been exhibited at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, the Art League in Galveston, and at art festivals.