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

Hawke & Hunter, Picardy Place, Edinburgh, 04.12.10
 Battersea Art Fair (represented by Island Fine Art, Isle Of Wight)-October 22-25, 2009
Glasgow Art Fair (represented by Rowan Gallery, Glasgow)-dates TBC, 2010
"The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction "
at McTear's Auction 10-th of February 2010 www.mctears.co.uk
 Meiklewood Gate, 31 Meiklewood Rd, Glasgow, G 51 4 EU. Tel. 0141 810 2880.
There will be 5 of my paintings there amongst many other exhibiting artists. 

I am a Russian-born artist based in Scotland and have been drawing people and interactions between them ever since my schooldays.  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, 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
Colombart Gallery, Marylebone, London
Island Fine Art, Isle Of  Wight
Art On The Wall Gallery, Morningside, Edinburgh
Enid Lawson Gallery, London
Regent Gallery, Weston-super-Mare,Somerset
Beresford Gallery, Troon
Christo's Gallery, Glasgow
The Annan Gallery, Glasgow (Joint show with Francis Boag,  April 2008,GAF  April 2009)
Braewell Galleries, various locations throughout Scotland
Arteries Gallery, Glasgow
Art De Caf, Merchant City, Glasgow
Scotlandart.com, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Tartan (Laurel) Gallery, Edinburgh
Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh
Rowan Gallery, Loch Lomond & Helensborough (Solo Show -June -08,GAF 2010 )
Tolquhon gallery, Aberdeenshire
Westminster Gallery, London
The Jerdan Gallery, Crail
Castle Gallery, Inverness
Frames Gallery, Artesan Gallery, Perth, and Perth Festival
Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Tracey McNee Fine Art, Glasgow
The Queens Road Gallery, Aberdeen
Art Fair, Sweden
The Gallery, Troon
Auction Sale in aid of Yorkhill Childrens Hospital www.uglyduckexhibits.com- Feb 2009