Larissa Rogacheva was recently named as a finalist in the AQ Wine Art Prize, an etching competition that attracts entries from all over Australia.
Larissa won $1,000 for her embossed etching, Arrival of Empress Katherine I aboard of Eagle, which was sold at auction for $1200.
The work was inspired by an event during Peter the Great's rule at the start of the 18th century - a time Larissa explains, that saw major reforms, and for some a more decadent wine-fuelled lifestyle.
"My picture was inspired by an event in 1708, when Peter the Great's court was celebrating aboard Russia's then largest frigate, The Eagle," she says.
"Due to its partial construction at the time, the inebriation of the guests and their ignorance of the changing weather conditions, the entire party ended up in the murky waters of the River Neva - including, no less, the Emperor and Empress dressed in the finery of the Greek god of wine, Dionysus."

from Students@UniSA