Still life with chrysanthemums and fruits (2019) Painting by Elena Kozyutenko

My name is Elena. I am an artist from Siberia.
From early childhood, like many others, I was very fond of drawing. When I was in school, I mainly drew graphic works in pencil on paper. These were sketches of people and animals. While receiving higher pedagogical education at the institute, I took courses "Fundamentals of Painting and Graphics" and "Fundamentals of Decorative and Applied Arts". For several years she worked at school as a teacher of fine arts.
I always wanted to draw for my heart, but I had little free time - work, family, children, and most importantly - indecision.
A turning point in my work was a visit to the exhibition of the famous artist Nikas Safronov, which took place in our city in the fall of 2015. Since that time, everything has changed. Now I devote any free minute to oil painting. I mainly portray animals, flowers, plants. They always delight and inspire me! I love to paint pictures in the style of realism. This technique requires careful drawing, so it takes from a week to a month to create one picture.
You can get acquainted with my works in my store in the Saatchi art gallery or on my Instagram profile.
If my works find a response in your heart, I will be very happy!

• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Russian Contemporary Artists