Toy. 2011 Painting

Born in Kaliningrad / Konigsberg by the Baltic Sea. My neighbor in the old German house in Konigsberg was a painter and being a little boy I was irresistibly drawn to his easel and the heady smell of oil paints.During the 1980's I've deeply studied the theory and practice of hyperrealism, inspired by the great Moscow exhibition of Germany artists in 1983. In the 1990's I devoted much time to work in abstract style: neo-geo, minimalism, three-dimensional structure. After the 2004 renewed my efforts for a realistic method, working by the nature on still life, landscapes and portraits. Most recently, carried away by the medieval tradition, studying architectural and graphic principles of Gothic masters.