Snowboarder Painting

My name is Elena Barabanova. I am a self-taught artist from St. Petersburg. I love to draw since childhood. I have many paintings and every day I work on creating new ones. I actively participate in exhibitions, constantly study, regularly attend master classes, study modern techniques and materials. My works are in private collections in Australia, Switzerland and Russia. I am a very energetic, creative and versatile person. I got 2 higher educations, traveled a lot, organized exhibitions. Once I got injured and spent several days in bed. At that moment, I realized that more than anything in the world I love to draw. I felt that I needed to express the beauty that I feel inside and out. From that moment I began to actively engage in painting. When I paint, I feel that my life is filled with meaning and joy. Painting is a recipe for happiness for me. Most of all I like to paint in oil on canvas, but I also use acrylic and texture pastes, sometimes watercolor. I am fascinated and inspired by the beauty of wildlife, despite the fact that I live in the magnificent beautiful city of St. Petersburg. Any natural landscape for me has a color and shape, it sounds like music, it has its own taste and smell. That's why the main subject of my paintings is abstract landscapes. Abstraction helps the viewer to break out of the ordinary routine train of thought, to turn on the imagination, fantasy, emotions. I hope that my works will bring joy, peace and positive energy into your life.