After practicing medicine in Pathology and Dermatopathology for over 25 years, Sonny decided to retire and devote all his efforts into his other passion, art collecting. Sonny and Lilya Hardman have been long time art enthusiasts and collectors and once retired wanted to fully devote themselves to their passion. Sonny decided to dive in head first and pursue his Masters Degree in Art Business from Sothebys Institute of Art in New York. After completing the degree requirements, he and Lilya made the commitment to open their own art gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. The focus of the gallery is predominantly late eighteenth to early twentieth century European and American art with the added addition of mid-twentieth century to current Ukrainian and Russian art.