Golden birch on black 2

Irina Afonskaya.

BIOGRAPHIC DETAILS
I am painter, photographer and poetess. I was born in Kiev, Ukraine, from birthday and to 2014 lived in Moscow, Russia, which I left in 2015 year as political immigrant, and from this time till now I live in Varna, Bulgaria and have status of long term resident of European Union. I studied art in People's Unversity of art in Moscow for a while, but mostly I am a self-taught artist. 

WHERE MY ART PRESENTED
I am presented in different internet galleries  and have my personal art site, instagram and professional page on facebook, my youtube channel. 

SALE EXPERIENCE
I sell my painting in internet in different ways - originals, prints and digital files, and different things with my painting printed on them. My original paintings are already sold to private collections in USA and Europe (France, Portugal) in internet galleries Saatchiart, Artmajeur, Fineartamerica, Dailypaintworks. Also I sold prints and thousands digital files of my paintings on different sites which sale digital files. 

ACHIEVEMENTS
My paintings were published few times in books, magazines and newspapers in USA  and Russia. 

ART TECHNICS
I paint in different materials - oil and acrylic on canvas and watercolor, also like to use golden and coloured paints with glittering shinning effect making decorative interier art. 

ART THEMATIC
My main subjects are nature - landscapes, flowers, architecture - landmarks of different countries and towns, little bit of fauna and some abstract and fluid art.

STYLE
My paintings are different, I am tryling to be various, not limit myself with only one style, because I think it makes painter more interesting and remarkable. May be sometimes some of my paintings can be considered to some extent close to realism, (but not photorealism, never), minimalism, naiv art, expressionism and abstract expressionism, art deco or art nouveau, and contemporary painting in general, but I think most of my paintings can't be completely included in any concrete style, and this is my artistic position, that painter should not be limited within the boundaries of a particular style, but should be higher and more complex than the framework of a particular style.

WHAT INSPIRES MY ART
My painting is inspired by beauty of nature and architecture. 

ART TRADITIONS INFLUENCED ME
My art was influenced by many different art traditions, including Russian classical landscape painting, Ukrainian folk traditions, Ancient Asian art of China and Japan, impressionists and contemporary modern paintings of our days.

EXHIBITONS
1) 2021 Varna, Bulgaria. Group exhibition of Russian speaking painters in Bulgaria "Something blue". Exhibition hall "Sea Casino".

STATEMENT (MANIFESTO)
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 I am painter and poetess at the same time, and doing my art in accordance of words of Leonardo da Vinci: “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen,” I try to combine painting a