Street in Menton, French Riviera Painting

I am a full time artist based in St Petersburg, Russia. As a kid I went to an art school so I have all the basic knowledge in painting technique and theory but later I found that personally for me it is much more fun to explore all the wide variety of painting and drawing media and approaches to creating art by myself. I create vivid mixed media paintings using acrylics, color pencils, gouache, oil and wax pastels and ink, finding most of my inspiration in the streets of my stunning city, St Petersburg. I feel that the true soul of the city is in its rusty roofs and dusty back windows, the cracked plaster on the walls and patches of different non-matching colours done by the communal services to hide the cracks. As almost everyone else I enjoy discovering new places for myself so I find inspiration in my traveling experiences as well. But again I really like to put my attention on the “mundane” things like narrow streets of some small town along Côte d’Azur or shabby rural houses in Russian countryside. Also I have a habit of on-location sketching and am an active member of Urban Sketchers StPetersburg. I took part in several group exhibitions along with my fellow local artists and sketchers.