Anatolii Klymko

Anatolii Klymko is a Ukrainian painter living and working on the island of Ibiza, Spain. He has been painting in oils since 2014, and his work carries two landscapes inside it at once: the memory of Ukraine — its winters, its open fields, its particular quality of longing — and the light of the Mediterranean, where he has made his home. These two worlds continue to speak through each other in everything he paints. His paintings move freely between lyrical realism, symbolic surrealism, and expressive abstraction. What holds them together is a sustained obsession with light as event rather than atmosphere: the moment a blizzard breaks open over ancient stone, the second a field of poppies catches fire, the underwater ray that tells you the surface is close, the lamplight that turns wet cobblestones to gold. He is interested in the threshold — the instant before or after something changes — and in the particular emotions that have no single name. His subjects range widely: figures walking alone through rain, lovers under one umbrella, white horses breaking through fire, children in autumn parks, surfers at the edge of the Mediterranean, flowers mid-storm, women rising from underwater wrecks. The geography is equally wide — Ukraine, Ve...

Self-taught painter. Began working in oils in 2014 after a 25-year career in business leadership. Developed his practice through sustained independent study, direct observation, and over a decade of daily engagement with painting. Academic background: Law degree and Economics degree (Ukraine). The analytical and structural thinking from that training informs his approach to composition and his working process.

Works from private collections in Ukraine and Europe, sold between 2014 and present. Currently represented online through Saatchi Art and Etsy. Available for exhibition inquiries — contact via Saatchi Art messaging.