Mermaid & Captain Painting

When you buy a painting from an artist, you are buying more than just an item. You get hundreds of hours of experimentation and mistakes, searches and disappointments. This is a piece of the soul of the artist himself, moments of his life, moments of his great pure joy. My name is Yuri! I am an artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, photographer from St. Petersburg. Born in 1968. After school, he graduated from the Academy of Arts with a degree in graphic design and photography. After that, he became interested in history and graduated from the university. I have been drawing all my adult life. I create freely. This is my passion and main occupation. I embody my fantasies in my paintings. My characters are born in my head... I create in my cozy studio in St. Petersburg and really appreciate the calm atmosphere in order to better concentrate. I love tea, pool and sauna, I try to play the guitar. I spend a lot of time in nature, listen to good music, read books - these are the sources of my inspiration. I have extensive experience in various print media. I illustrate books, magazines, blogs, online resources. I am engaged in the design of souvenir products. I work in different directions. Oil and acrylic painting, watercolor and graphics, including computer graphics. I develop my own drawing techniques. I learn from other artists. My works are scattered all over the world and live in private collections in Russia, USA, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain... Participant of numerous exhibitions Laureate of international cartoon competitions. I actively cooperate with the international association of cartoonists Cartoonbank. I am very happy if you like my work. It motivates me to create new works, to what I am so passionate about...