Welcome to my online gallery of quirky figurative paintings in oils. 

 "The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction "
at McTears Auction 01-st of May 2012 (please refer to www.mctears.co.uk for viewing times)
 Meiklewood Gate, 31 Meiklewood Rd, Glasgow, G 51 4 EU. Tel. 0141 810 2880.
 Mcmillans Cancer Relief Edinburgh Art Show 6 -15 October, Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary St, EH1 1LT: for details/artwork please click  here . To watch the artworks video please click " target="_blank">here: 
I am a Russian-born artist based in Scotland. I take my inspiration from eccentricities and peculiarities of life around us, no matter where we live, and that very special Russian chaos,  that I so nostalgically and centimentally miss...   
 I want to provoke a comment, a reaction, an emotion. I want to make you smile.
My subjects and characters are always taken from everyday events. Sometimes they might seem emotionally isolated, keeping themselves to themselves-even when they are clustered in groups-but they are not lacking emotions, they only express them in their own way. Some of them present themseves full of self-importantce, others just go about their business; some might imply something very absurd and not entirely cheerful in their very idea, but things are not always what they seem..they tell us one thing but we see another... In other words, life as we see it but don't always notice. I try to present the subject so it is slightly exaggerated and sentimental, and always filled with emotions. Russians are guided by their emotions, not by common sense, and this has an effect on all my work (whether I am paying myself a compliment here, I am not sure... )
Born in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad), Russia, in 1966. Graduated from an Architectural Institute in 1989 and moved to Moscow, where worked as an architect until the beginning of Perestroika, then worked as an interior designer. Moved to Glasgow, UK, in 1996.  Exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute, Paisley Art Institute and Aspect Prize Annual exhibitions. Was represented by established Scottish and British galleries at the Art Fairs in London, Battersea, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Chelsea, Birmingham, etc; and have works in private and corporate collections throughout the UK, Australia, Greece, USA, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Russia. There were a number of articles in local and national press (The Herald, Evening Times, Uptown, Home &Interiors Scotland, Home Style, Home Plus, N01, Grand Designs, etc) concerning my work and images had appeared in the TV Channel 4's Grand Design. 
 
Selected galleries and exhibitions:
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art
RGI Kelly Gallery
Paisley Art Institute and Aspect Prize
Home and Interiors Exhibitions, Glasgow
Affordable Art Fairs London, Battersea, Glasgow, Chelsea, Birmingham, and Ireland First Contemporary Art Fairs Edinburgh
Macmillans Cancer Relief Charity Exhibitions and Auctions, Glasgow and Edinburgh
Retail Trust Charity Exhibitions, Glasgow
Marie Curie Cancer Relief Charity Auctions
The Order Of St.John
The Preshal Trust Charity Auction
Children's First Charity Exhibitions
Maclaurin Galleries Save The Children Charity Exhibitions
University Of Glasgow Cancer Research and CHAS Charity Exhibitions & Auctions
Karen Tailor Contemporary Fine Art, Twickenham, London
The Colomb Art Gallery, Marylebone, London+YorkEnid Lawson Gallery, LondonFotheringham Fine Art-Bridge of Allan, Perthshire
Island Fine Art, Isle Of  Wight
Off The Wall Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Art On The Wall Gallery, Morningside, Edinburgh
Hawke & Hunter, Picardy Place, Edinburgh
Alpha Art Gallery, Stockbridge, EdinburghRegent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare,Somerset
Jerdan Gallery, CrailMacgregor Fine Art, Glasgow
Christo's Gallery, Glasgow
The Annan Gallery, Glasgow 
Arteries Gallery, Glasgow 
Scotlandart.com, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Tartan (Laurel) Gallery, Edinburgh
Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh
Rowan Gallery, Loch Lomond & Helensborough 
Tolquhon gallery, Aberdeenshire
Westminster Gallery,London