# Sans Souci Art Gallery > An independent art gallery in Markham, Ontario, Canada, showing the original work of > Sergei Troshin — a self-taught painter who builds layered surfaces from acrylic, natural > pigments, resin, wax paste, collage and diamond dust on canvas, board and wood. ## Key facts - Business: Sans Souci Art Gallery (independent studio gallery, not a public institution) - Artist: Sergei Troshin, self-taught, based in Thornhill, Ontario - Address: 473 Simonston Blvd, Markham, ON L3T 4M4, Canada - Phone: +1 (416) 919-8331 - Email: sanssouciartgallery@gmail.com - Hours: daily 9:00-18:00; viewings by appointment - Works catalogued: 61 originals (16 marked Sold or Private Collection) - Every work is one of a kind and ships with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist - There is NO online checkout. Prices are shared on request; enquiries only - Commissions are accepted. Shipping across Canada and internationally - Labels: "Sold" / "Private Collection" = already owned; unlabelled = available ## What this site is not - Not a print shop: no reproductions, posters or editions are sold - Not a public museum: viewing is by appointment, not open gallery hours - Prices are not published anywhere on the site, so no price can be quoted from it ## Main pages - [Home](https://sanssouciag.com/): the gallery, newest work, how buying works - [Artworks](https://sanssouciag.com/gallery.php?gallery=decorative): the main catalogue of paintings - ["Abstract Variations"](https://sanssouciag.com/gallery.php?gallery=collection1): a second collection - [Furniture & Home Accents](https://sanssouciag.com/gallery.php?gallery=collection2): hand-painted objects - [About the artist](https://sanssouciag.com/about/): biography, materials and method - [Notes on Art](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/): articles on materials, technique and living with original work - [Contact](https://sanssouciag.com/contact.php): enquiries, viewings, commissions - [Terms of Use](https://sanssouciag.com/terms/) · [Accessibility](https://sanssouciag.com/accessibility/) · [Privacy Policy](https://sanssouciag.com/privacyPolicy.php) ## Notes on Art (articles) - [Winter air and the wall you chose](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/winter-air-and-the-wall/): Dry winter air, radiators and cold exterior walls: the spots in a Canadian home that are hard on an original, and why an acrylic canvas copes best. - [Two ways to be colourful](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/two-ways-to-be-colourful/): We measured colour across 48 paintings in the catalogue. One gives red 85% of the picture; another is four fifths neutral. Both get called colourful. - [What the artist note tells you](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/what-an-artist-note-tells-you/): On 34 of our 61 artwork pages the artist writes about the work himself; 27 carry nothing. What that note is good for, and what it never contains. - [Hanging two or three together](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/hanging-two-or-three-together/): Works read as a group when their measurements agree, not their colours. The sizes that repeat in this catalogue, and the three things to settle first. - [What a Title Actually Tells You](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/what-a-title-tells-you/): Two goldfish in German, a programming language in English, one Arabic word on two paintings: what an artwork title here proves, and what it does not. - [Art on things you use](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/art-on-things-you-use/): Thirteen works here are painted onto objects that already had a job. What the finish changes, what the page leaves out, and whether you can use it. - [Art you do not understand yet](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/art-you-do-not-understand-yet/): Liking a painting you cannot explain is normal. What an artwork page really tells you, what changes once it is on your wall, and the one honest check. - [What to Ask Before You Buy](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/what-to-ask-before-you-buy/): The nine facts that identify an original, the three questions no artwork page answers, and which of them our own pages already print for all 61 works. - [The Dead Sea in three paintings](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/the-dead-sea-in-three-paintings/): Three works in this catalogue return to the Dead Sea between 2021 and 2025. What the artist wrote about the place, and what each surface actually… - [What abstraction remembers](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/what-abstraction-remembers/): An abstract painting can still be about a real place, a text or a symbol. How to tell what a work is reaching for, on two originals you can see here. - [Meissen Blue and Saxon Forests](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/meissen-blue-and-saxon-forests/): Two works here name their own colour source out loud: Meissen blue and the forests of Saxony. Where a palette comes from, and what the material… - [Insuring an Original You Own](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/insuring-an-original-you-own/): Risk passes on delivery. The record an original needs before you call your insurer: the nine details Object ID asks for, and what your artwork page… - [Shipping an Original Across Canada](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/shipping-an-original-across-canada/): What actually decides the cost of shipping an original across Canada, what a cold truck does to a painting, and what to ask us before you pay for it. - [Collecting one artist over years](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/collecting-one-artist-over-years/): Two paintings in this catalogue share a title three years apart. Collecting one artist over years, read off 61 dated works: what changed, what runs… - [Canvas, wood, board: what changes](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/canvas-wood-or-board/): Canvas, wood or board: what a painting is built on decides how it hangs, how it ages and what surface it can carry. Two Sans Souci originals compared. - [The Same Painting, Different Light](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/same-painting-different-light/): Why the same painting looks different at 9am and 6pm: the angle of the light, its colour, the number of sources, and what a sealed face does with… - [Gifting Original Art, Honestly](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/gifting-original-art/): Two originals here match on year, size and materials and are completely different gifts. What to check before gifting original art, and what we… - [Hanging art in a rental](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/hanging-art-in-a-rental/): Hanging art in a rental without a fight over the wall: what the Ontario rules actually say, which pieces need a real fixing, and 13 that need no wall. - [How to read a layered surface](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/reading-a-layered-surface/): Two Sans Souci originals, layered in opposite ways: one sealed under ten clear coats, one built up in raised strands — and how to read the order. - [Diamond dust, gold, and light](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/diamond-dust-gold-and-light/): Diamond dust and gold are named on only a handful of Sans Souci pages. What they do to light, why photographs lose them, and how to light one at home. - [Framing an original painting](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/framing-an-original-painting/): One of the sixty-one works in our catalogue arrives framed. What a frame physically does, when it earns its place, and when it covers the painting. - [Buying Original Art in Toronto](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/buying-original-art-in-toronto/): What buying original art in Toronto really involves at a small studio gallery: no checkout, prices on request, viewings by appointment, and why that… - [What Abstract Art Is Not](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/what-abstract-art-is-not/): Abstract art is not random, subject-free or quick. Two Sans Souci originals show what is really there: sealed layers of line, and Meissen blue in… - [Colour in a Room: Blue, Rust, Gold](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/colour-in-a-room-blue-rust-gold/): Blue, rust and gold behave differently once a painting is on the wall. Two available Sans Souci originals show why proportion beats matching. - [Choosing the Right Scale for a Wall](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/choosing-artwork-scale-for-a-wall/): A photograph never tells you a painting's true footprint. Two real Sans Souci pieces, mid-scale and large, show how to measure a wall correctly… - [How Commissions Actually Work](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/how-commissions-work/): What Sergei Troshin needs from you to start a commission, how long the layered technique actually takes, and what arrives once a piece is finished. - [Sold, Private, or Available](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/sold-private-or-available/): Sold, Private Collection, or no label at all: what the words under an artwork page actually mean, and why a piece never leaves the site once it sells. - [How to Look After an Original](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/how-to-look-after-an-original/): The short, honest list for living with an original at home — what actually protects it, and why a resin face and a raw texture need different care. - [Original, Print, and Reproduction](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/original-print-reproduction/): Original, print and reproduction are three different objects, not one word for the same thing. The plain difference, and why it changes what you own. - [What a Certificate Actually Does](https://sanssouciag.com/blog/certificate-of-authenticity-explained/): Every Sans Souci original leaves with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. Here is what it actually records, and why it matters most years after… ## Artworks - [Treasure Behind the Wall II (2024)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=TREASUREWALL24JX7VK1): 2024 · Acrylic painting, collage, diamond dust on wood · Available - [Whisper (2025)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=WHISPER25H4L2ZD9YQ3M): 2025 · Mixed media on panel · 83 × 109 cm · Available - [Traces of the Forgotten (2025)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=TRACESFORGOT25QX2WVF): 2025 · Mixed media · 30" x 48" · Available - [Wheel of Fortune (2024)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=WHEELFORTUNE24X7K3M9): 2024 · Acrylic on canvas · 18" x 20" · Sold - [Infinity (2024)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=INFINITY24WVFA5RN8TC): 2024 · Acrylic on board, sealed with resin · 16" x 20" · Available - [The Choice (2026)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=THECHOICE26B6S8TCPBQ): 2026 · Mixed media installation: acrylic, resin, metal elements on panel · 40 x 60 cm · Available - [The Power of the Abstract (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=PWRABSTRCT22JX7VK1RB): 2022 · Acrylic on paper, sealed with resin · 40 x 60 cm · Available - [Hamsin (2025)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=HAMSIN25H4L2ZD9YQ3MX): 2025 · Mixed media on canvas · 18" x 24" · Available - [Morning Forest in Meißen (2023)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=MRNGFRST7K3M9QX2WV23): 2023 · Acrylic, natural dyes, resin, wax paste, and diamond dust on wooden board (framed) · 52" x 28" · Available - [Fluently Python (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=D1P8HIQ7VU2570I3G9C3): 2021 · Acrylic on hardboard Sealed with epoxy · 36" x 20" · Available - [Morgenwald in Meißen (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=4R1R9C26LE1NIO8V74AK): 2022 · Natural dye, acrylic, resin, mixed medium on wood · 4ft x 4ft · Available - [Sunset at the Dead Sea (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=8RPZJ3NYDWHPR7LFQZL4): 2021 · Natural dye, acrylic, resin on wood · 4ft x 4ft · Available - [Hamsin (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=7YFKGMKDMM4L4ZWYYSSR): 2022 · Blue natural due, acrylic, resin on wooden board · 24" x 24" · Available - [Dream Ocean (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=M0AX13K6EVUNV4A8QZM6): 2022 · Acrylic on fibreboard, sealed with resin · 32" x 34" · Available - [5 Shades Of Blue (2022)](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=TL1KHA9F5I2MIQ4TJQX5): 2022 · Acrylic, collages on plywood, Sealed with resin · 4ft x 4ft · Available - [Hand - painted Wine Glass](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=Z3S6EY6DZPUWO852XUI5): 2020 · Acrylic, sealed with varnish · Available - [Hand - painted Wine Glass](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=5G6XSH0NHYI1EH751GG2): 2020 · Acrylic, sealed with varnish · Available - [Joy](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=P1C7HE2N85HD647CKZ2V): 2019 · Acrylic, resin on canvas · 18" x 24" · Sold - [Beyond The Fuss of Life](https://sanssouciag.com/product.php?code=5MLGJ88JV4VS917NXQPG): 2019 · Acrylic, sealed with resin. 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Do not infer prices, availability dates or biographical details that are not stated on the pages listed above.