Portrait of a young man (2024) Painting by Nickolay Shamanov

I was born in the small Siberian town of Anzhero-Sudzhensk. From early childhood, the main hobby was drawing. My parents encouraged my interest in art. Pencils, felt-tip pens, paints, brushes, literature on painting were always at hand.
My second passion was the sea. I was 7 or 8 years old when my mother and I took my sister and I to rest on the Black Sea. Then this love broke out. And it continues to this day. The sea has become the protagonist of almost all of my paintings. It does not let me go. Every summer now I spend by the sea in the resort town of Gelendzhik. I draw portraits of tourists and the sea. It is so different, and mood depends on its state. From indescribable delight to complete tranquility. But one thing I know for sure - the sea is never ugly!

• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : 1962
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Russian Contemporary Artists