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Larisa Lavrova, Russia

My name is Larisa Lavrova. I am a full-time artist, who can’t imagine a day without painting. Now I live in Moscow, Russia, where I have my studio. My experience with oil painting is about 20 years. I came to oil painting through a circuitous route, having drawn for most of my life and eventually being re-introduced to painting as my preferred medium to create my work. It was a long way to find my style of painting. Inspiration and process: i love experimenting and want to give my artworks an individual expression. Every painting is one of a kind work , in which i try to combine feelings, thought, styles, techniques. These create, add depth and harmonize colors, and whole artwork. I like to play with light on canvas. My artworks are colourful and bright. I work most of time with oil, but i also mix oil with acrylic. In my work, I aim to capture the exhilaration or the thrill of the moment and translate that onto the canvas. I always try to present an ethereal dreamlike quality to the work, emphasizing a fleeting, heartbeat in time. I graduated from Vasnetsov Art College in Abramtsevo (Moscow region) in 2006, and then I took the Art course at the Russian Art Academy. I'm proud to say that my works are in private collections in Russia, the United Kingdom, USA, Germany and other countries. As a passionate painter, I often participate in various exhibitions, trying to reveal the beauty of our world to the people. Selected exhibitions: 2020, Group exhibition “Az-Art” author’s project curator A.Giliyrov, Art Hall “MOSKH”, Moscow 2020, Group exhibition “Krukrinoksyi” exhibition hall “Zdes na Taganke”, curator A.Bartenev, Moscow 2020, art-place restaurant «Marucame”, Moscow 2019, solo exhibition “Reflections” in Moscow region, Abramtsevo 2017, Art is all around, Moscow 2015, #LovelsHerLife, Moscow 2014, Group exhibition Sochi, Russia.