Sunflowers Painting

Hi! My name is Oksana Kalenova. I am an artist from St. Petersburg. My career began in early childhood in Siberia. My dad, a self-taught artist and amateur, began to teach me painting as soon as I learned to hold a brush in my hands. Dad did not have an art education, he is a worker, he worked a lot. But when he had time for me, he set me up still lifes at home and explained the laws of painting. Painting in all its manifestations has been my passion from early childhood. I always knew who I want to become and what I will do when I grow up After graduation, I entered the Art College named after V.I. Surikov. At the end of training, I received an honors degree. After graduating, I became a teacher of painting at the largest private school in St. Petersburg. I teach oil painting to adult students. For more than 6 years, my students have shown high results in art activities, participate in exhibitions and major creative projects. Painting for me is both weekdays and holidays. This is the most important and unchanging part of my life. Now I work in the technique of realism. I like to create stylish paintings. A constant source of inspiration for me is the world of nature! Flowers, animals, in my opinion, are the best style icons.