I have been painting professionally for more than 25 years and have​ ​been a participant of numerous international art festivals and personal​ ​exhibitions in the US, Europe and Russia. I am a member of the​ ​International Art Fund and member of the Professional Union of Artists (Moscow). I paint and experiment in various techniques and conduct​ ​master classes in Russia. My works are in private collections all over​ ​the world.

This encaustic​ ​painting is done on an archival Hardboard panel (Ampersand​ ​Encausticbord). It does not need a frame. Encaustic is my favorite​ ​painting technique that uses colored molten wax as paint. I like the​ ​interaction between the artist and the painting in the process of​ ​creation. Hot wax is sensitive to the slightest movement of the hand.​ ​The image lives, breathes, and changes spontaneously under the influence​ ​of heat. However, the finished painting is practically eternal. The​ ​thousand year old paintings which we can still see today (for example,​ ​t​he Fayum portraits discovered in Egypt), are direct proof of this.