Evening Pier Painting

In my creative process, I constantly ask myself the question - what is art and painting in our time? In each painting I try to achieve one of two goals - to convey a sense of the world, as the Impressionists and Expressionists did in landscapes and still lifes, or transfer my inner feelings, perception and ideas to the canvas. Many artists find “their style” in painting, depicting time just a few topics for a long in their own style and stop in looking for new ways. For me, this would mean a halt in creative development. First of all, art is creativity, which does not tolerate routine, and stopping at one style becomes similar to routine work. Therefore, in my paintings you can see works in different styles - from realism and impressionism to modernism with elements of cubism. For me, style is only a way to realize my ideas. In my work, I choose the style for my creative tasks and ideas. Short Biography I was born and lives now in Dnipro, Ukraine. I’m a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. For several years I studied at the art studio of Mikhail Pushnoj, a talented Dnipro artist. Then I studied for three years at the Moscow studio of Fyodor Reshetnikov, where I absorbed the energy of his paintings and the world-famous artists as Vrubel, Serov and Repin. I traveled and worked in Europe a lot - Switzerland, Krakow, Venice and Vienna, where I discovered my own ways of depicting city landscapes and participated in local exhibitions. Paintings are kept in galleries and private collections in Europe.