I started painting when I was 5, in suburban Moscow with a very
well known Russian Painter N. Dubenskaya. This relationship spanned
over the next 20 years, until it was abruptly ended by her passing
away. Over these 20 years, my pieces entered into various
exhibitions around Moscow and St. Petersburg, and were noted by
different influential people around the art scene, including the
internationally famous painter, Ilya Glazunov, whose profile you can
navigate to by clicking
here.
The emotional impact of the passing of my teacher and
friend forced me to stop painting for the next 10 years. In
1985, the event of perestroika and its aftermath spanning
way beyond 1994 heavily influenced me and gave second
thoughts about picking painting up again. I had a vision to
extract colours and brightness into an otherwise dull world.
However, painting was still not a priority in my life at the
time, and I could not put the paintbrush to the canvas.
After moving to Australia in 1995, I slowly started painting
again, and soon found my love for art as I had in my early
youth. The electrifying beauty of Australian countryside and
its flora and fauna, intensified my long lost passion for
painting. I was realizing my own technique based on my older
vision, where I could see colours in the darkest of blacks,
however now I could also see the colours that Mother Nature
gave to us.
Ten years after moving to Australia, in 2005, I had my
first art exhibition with my developing technique of
painting. This was a rather successful event, and the
proceeds were donated to various charities that I support.
In 2007, the National Art Gallery of Victoria (NGV) held a
joint exhibition in Southbank, Melbourne, where I entered
one of my paintings. The NGV awarded me the top award of
excellence. Over the next year, I have further developed my
style and combined with another major artist on the
Melbourne scene, Elena
Ryazanoff , whose website you can find here. Currently,
Elena and I are in the process of opening our own joint
gallery in the heart of Mornington Peninsula. Please stay
tuned for more information about the gallery. Once again,
thank you for visiting my website, and I hope that you enjoy
my works.
Please navigate to the website to learn more about the upcoming events, and to view my full portfolio. All
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