Sunrise near Simeiz Painting

Hello! I am an Artist in the second generation, work in oils. Since childhood I have known that I would be an Artist. I started as soon as I learned to hold the pencil. I was not a good student at school. So teachers told me, "Here is the paper and a pencil, sit quietly and draw, just do not disturb the class". Despite the fact that I did not like learning, I read many adventurous novels by Fennimore Cooper, Mine Reed and Walter Scott. I grew up into a professional Artist and I cannot do anything else but paint. I am happy because I do what I love and have a wonderful family: a wife, two sons and baby daughter. Also I live in an amazing place at the Black Sea is a paradise for an Artist.