An elderly peasant woman (2014) Drawing by Kristi Haskol

I’m from an Estonian family where I have other relative who also chose art as their career path. They, my grandfather Rein Tammik and my uncle Jan Tammik have definitely had their artistic influence on my choices for art technic and thematic. I have briefly worked under their instruction during my university years so I have painted both landscape and still life. Still life is the thematic I’ve chosen to master and to focus on after a long pause I had from artist career due to family obligations. The organic shapes and different textures can easily be combined into interesting compositions. Also contrasting the dark shadows where the light emerges it’s easy to create dramatic effect. Using oil colour technique allows me to blend the colours and give real depth to the painting. Oil colour is what I began with once I started my artist career and the variety of effects is so wide that I’ve never got interested in other painting mediums. From other mediums for art work I also enjoy drawing with pencil and charcoal.

• Nationality: ESTONIA
• Date of birth : 1989
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Estonian Artists