What inspires you?

Personal experiences, feelings from within, memories and impressions from the surrounding environment - charming cityscapes of St-Petersburg, magical beauty of natural landscapes, delicate flavor of flowers in bloom, irestless run of waves, intricate tricks of light, iunlimited flights of imagination.

Describe your creative process.

Although the prospective visions of potential paintings are all over the time generating in my head, I need a certain time to inject into the same process. I used first to perform the preparatory activities deliberately and contemplate references relaxedly to hit the right tune. But then, as soon I started, I am literally immersing in painting process, forgetting out and away about meal and physical fatigue.

What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Emotions, Colors, Harmony

Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Claude Monet, Erich Paulsen,

What is the most important tool when creating your work?

There should be someting which tug at my heartstring -

What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Don't doubt, just DO what you like

Where do you go for inspiration?

This worId is full of amenities close by, so there is no need to go somewhere to discover special evoking subject. I am finding the beauty all around me