Vermilion Vernicle Painting

My name is Yevgen Marchenko and I am a self-taught artist. I was born in the city of Donetsk in Ukraine. My love for drawing appeared in early childhood and by the age of 15 I had learned the technique of oil painting. Then it was just a hobby. My education is not related to art, but it shaped my worldview. In 2014 an armed conflict broke out in my hometown. Of course, this affected my whole life, my values and my work. I was forced to move from my hometown. Since that time, I have completely changed my lifestyle, and painting has taken a very important place in it. I have found the desire to express my perception of the world in visual patterns. I started with a clean slate in search of my own style. This year (2022) the war has overtaken me again. Despite this I continue to develop my creativity, although, I barely bring the war subject up. I like symbolic, mythological, religious and pseudo-religious subjects. At the moment I am attracted by the technique of oil painting on black canvas with an incomplete coverage. The black canvas is both the basis and a part of the composition. However, from time to time I try new styles and techniques. My purpose is to show everything deeply hidden in the usual images and colors, and to present it through the spectacle of beauty. My belief is that there is beauty in everything, even in the seemingly ugliest things. This is what I want to develop. This is what I intend to imply into the various subjects of my artworks.