Artist. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 2005. Exhibitions: personal, regional, zonal, central, international. The works are in the Irkutsk Regional Art Museum, on all continents except Antarctica. There are medals, certificates, diplomas... Art historians call this trend in painting romantic realism. A picturesque symphony. Lovers of impressionist painting. Most likely, there is a symbiosis of related picturesque directions. And the soul of the artist. The soul is restless. The style is unchanged. "To see genuine poetry in a prosaic, everyday motif and to be able to convey it to the viewer is an ability that not every artist is endowed with. Yuri Karnaukhov has this gift in full, regardless of the chosen genre. Amazing spiritual coherence, closeness of attention to life in all its manifestations and a special "picturesque musicality" make Yuri Karnaukhov's paintings pleasant and attentive "interlocutors" in the eternal dialogue between the artist and the viewer." . I must say, such attempts are brilliantly successful for him, and his edges, glades, urban architecture — all this breathes the enlightened air of the Siberian expanse.
His portraits ("Yaroslav", "Anyuta", "Katya") are comparable in level with the portraits of Valentin Serov, and in the portrait of "Sasha" and especially in the features of the "Man with a cigarette", a bun bell with a Vrubel Demon is visible… This is how it fits into the context of Russian fine art. And even his uncomplicated still lifes "Apples with a knife", "Still Life with
