My artistic development was formed under the influence of both, eastern and western European, cultures. The pulse of life of culturally diverse metropolitan cities like Moscow and Vienna allowed me to get close to world art master pieces and international famous artwork.
My love for impressionism was born visiting numerous museums of the Russian capital, while studying I was often in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts attending regularly exhibitions. After moving to Vienna I was inspired later by Austrian artists as Gustav Klimt and focusing much in my own artwork on Austrian landscapes, churches and architecture.

As an award winning artist, how do you perceive the role of art in today´s society, and what impact do you hope your work will have on your audience and the wider community?

Despite the most difficult period in the life of society, people need art not less, but more. In particular fine art helps to survive the fear and horror of loss, inspires hope for the future and for a change for the better. These trends are in my works reflected and hopefully have a beneficial effect on some part of society.