Selected Oil paintings
In my artistic world, there are no landscapes, bouquets or sweet faces. I really love the direction, that I call neosurrealism. I like to portray loneliness, jealousy, love, kindness, fear, peace, war on canvas ... It seems like nothing special. However, I have in my head own forms of expressions of these deep human feelings. Sometimes very strange images can be obtained.
Ropewalker
Oil painting on canvas. 140 x 120 cm (55.11 x 47.24 inch) 2018
The «Ropewalker» is one of my favorite works. This artwork was invented by me 15 years ago.
I love the art of rope walkers. They are very brave and talented people.
Firstly I made a «digital version». Next, I created the «Ropewalker» on canvas many years later. Next, I wanted to animate this story. Well, I'm an animator, by profession too and I made a little animation for it.
The image of the rope-Walker is collective. Characters are you and me and other simple people. The rope stretched over the abyss is our life. Art is the skill of walking on a rope and not falling. But to be able to empathize with the fallen, not to pass by, to help it is even more important.
Innocent Victim
Oil painting on canvas.
70 x 100 cm (27.5 in x 39.4 inch),
2020
Everyone sees themselves in this. We are all swimming in the same pool of life. Everyone tries to look better, but in reality, we are all the same.
Lemon discrimination
Oil painting on canvas.
100 x 120 cm (39 x 47 inch),
2020
Humanity leaves no chance to fall in love with itself.
The exit is real
Oil painting and rope on canvas.
120 x 90 cm (47 x 35 inch),
2020
Any created artwork must be a generator of interpretation.
That is why I can't tell some words about it.
Cold
Oil painting on canvas. 90 x 60 cm (35 x 23.5 inch) 2017
The painting evokes strong emotions, as it is characteristic of expressionism: the fear of loneliness and the power of love. The artist captured on the canvas the moment of an alarming premonition of the catastrophe. The worldview of the lyrical hero is tragic, tense. However, the hero’s world is capable of renewal.
North wind
Oil painting on canvas. 120 x 100 cm (47 x 39 inch) 2019
The key to happiness and closeness is in Your hands, but You can't ride along for a "boat" without a partner.
Lie to me
Oil painting on canvas. 100 x 100 cm (39 x 39 inch), 2018
There are a lot of lies. And when you lie to someone, you lied to yourself. Over time, it becomes difficult to understand where your truth is and where your lies are.
Buffoonery
Oil painting on canvas. 55 x 65 cm (21.7 x 25.5 inch) 2020
All life around us is a complete buffoonery. Everyone is trolling you. Survive and strive for the best.
Make Way!
Oil painting on canvas. 100 x 120 cm (39 x 47 inch) 2019
He does not devour the sun himself only, but also looks around, notices the beauty and allows it to rise. He present way to talent, goodness, beauty and enjoys it. The others only pamper their bodies at the same time and believe that they do not owe anything to anyone.
Pulse
Oil painting on canvas.
65 x 50 cm (25.5 x 19.6 inch),
2019
The pulse is the moment when you can understand alive you or not.
The latest selfie with Jesus
Oil painting on canvas. 90 x 60 cm (35x24 inch) 2017
People never lost the opportunity to make a selfie with someone great and famous. Sometimes it looks really strange.
Returnee
Oil painting on canvas.
60 x 80 cm (23.6 x 31.5 inch),
2019
We are looking for lots of things and senses in this life. But sometimes we need to go back to fundamentals. We need to look at yourself from the other side and understand who we are and what we can do.
Blessing
Oil painting on canvas. 27.6 x 19.6 inch (70 x 50cm) 2019
The conscious choice of unfreedom and priority of safety and stability is the true fall of any «Icarus». It is not physical falling, but social or mental. The Common swift placed in a cage with an open door is the fastest bird. It is a symbol of giving up from main things. The main things that could make him best.
Child of Silence
Oil painting on canvas. 100 x 100 cm (39 x 39 inch), 2019
Being yourself is always very difficult. But You must play own music, keep the situation via your hands, even if the herd trying to kill your soul. You decide where the wind blows, where your bird flies. Do not be afraid to go forward, even if your song is unperfect.
Every day's waiting
Oil painting on canvas. Oil painting. 35.4 in x 39.4 inch (90 x 100cm) 2020.
We hope that today everything will be different. It continues the day to day. You think that You can correct all mistakes and fulfill all the plans.
But each day changes own corrections.
And now you are waiting for the next day again. You are waiting to correct yesterday's mistakes.
Uprising
Oil painting on canvas. Oil painting. 31,4 x 39,4inch (80 x 100cm) 2018.
Freedom is the most important thing a person has. But not everyone is able to leave the self shell for knowledge of that taste.
Mirror
Oil painting on canvas and real rope for making smile. 99.5 x 69.5 cm (39 x 27 inch) 2017
We can make ourselves smile, laugh, and be serious or formidable. However, we often do forget about our own soul. What does it want, lonely and often helpless? An invisible but perceptible world is inside each of us.
The rope that the hero of the artwork holds in his hands is real. If it is weakened, a «smile» will appear.
Island
Oil painting on canvas.
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 inch),
2019
It's a symbolic metaphor - there are two hunters, but no one of them doesn't know who Hunter really is.
The sleeping hunter thought that «deer» was shooted by her.
However, arrows sometimes return.
East wind
Oil painting on canvas. 100 x 100 cm (39 x 39 inch) 2017
This painting is a symbol of the struggle of a person with a weakness of spirit. For the painting «Depression», you need to find a special place in the house. This expressive artwork cannot be hung in the bedroom or the living room. It requires a secluded room, for example, an office; wherever it reminds a person how important it is to go ahead.
Flower of Last Supper
Oil painting on canvas. 50x50 cm, oil painting (20x20 inch) 2018
This painting participated in the festival of "sacred art" (Sanlis city. France.) The plot of this picture was seen in my dream. After this dream, I knew that I could participate in this exhibition. I created it. And later it was accepted for participation. Miracles happen.
I painted all characters of this action as flower petals of one flower. I think that this metaphor is the best illustration of human living faith. There are a single stem and 13 petals. Petals come alive. Each of them can be break off via brute force. However, each of them will retain his power and beauty.
My story
I am free of stereotypes... I paint, as I want
I am a free artist ... in the sense that I am free from the stereotypes of academicism. I paint in the way I want, as I feel, but not as I was taught, I embody the idea on canvas, as I understand it at the moment. I am not afraid to make a mistake, there are no rules and dogmas in my work. This is the true freedom of the creator. Nevertheless, this does not mean that I do not study. Francis Bacon, Odd Nerdrum, Oleg Tselkov, David Hockney, Alex Colville – these are my extramural tutors.
I always knew that I would connect my life with art.
I’m a modern artist. Born and raised in Belarus. Graduated from Belarusian National Technical University, Faculty of Architecture. Additionally attended courses of animator. I worked as an illustrator for a long time in Prague.
Now I use several styles in painting. But, all my works have an idea.
I divide them conventionally into «light» (neo-primitivism) and «dark» (neo-surrealism) ones.
I use my pseudonym (AK) to sign paintings made in the «light» style.
Artworks made in the «dark» style - I sign as «Vit»
For some works of the «dark style» created animated background.
I regularly participate in group exhibitions. My artworks are in private collections: Czech Republic, USA, France, Italy, Poland, Belarus.
Some facts about me
About the style searching
What is, essentially, the style for the artist? This is its internal element at the genome level. I, for example, will never be a realist. I need symbols. My images are traces of a person's emotions that lead to his most hidden corners. In addition, whenever I come to the canvas, it is important for me to find the right shape and colors for expressing a particular story. I cannot say that I was looking for own style of artistic narration specifically. Now, fortunately or unfortunately, I have a certain style to appear, there is a preference in colors and technique. I like to work with a palette knife, it allows me to make sharp chopped strokes, which I cannot achieve with a typical brush. However, more Often I combine these tools. For me, canvas and colors are the matter of a subtle spiritual organization.
Special feature
I animated some of my paintings. It is a prequel for my paintings.
Often, I leave a few philosophical mysteries in my paintings. But, I was faced with the fact that not all viewers immediately understand the sense of my paintings. When I explained to them what is happening in the painting - people just "explode" in emotions.
I'm a designer and animator by my previous profession and I decided to animate the history of my paintings. Finally, I was able to make cool art cartoons that can help viewers to feel my ideas. For example, the "Ropewalker" painting has caught much more fans after video prehistory posting. Before animation, a lot of viewers did not even understand why the picture is titled "Ropewalker".
Attitude to criticism
I learned not to associate criticism with myself personally. It took a long time to understand if your work is scolded, criticized, cannot be understood, it does not mean that you are mediocrity, it means that your artwork is worthy of discussion – it is victory. My paintings cause at people different emotions-from unrestrained enthusiasm to complete rejection. To tell the truth, this is a buzz for me, as for the artist – it is the emotions that I try to wrest from tired of routine life people. I will be happy if one spits in my picture than passes without interest. The worst thing for any artist is people's indifference.
Where are the ideas from?
Ideas for paintings come to my mind constantly, on the go and haphazardly. I do not invent anything specially, do not think out it. In addition, images are revealed already in the process of work on them. If I had to strain, be inspired and wait for the muses, I would not even take a brush.
Who is my viewer?
My viewer is not the one who is looking for a photographic story in art, but the one who thinks, looks around with reasonable look. However, as to any creator, of course, I want my work to be rewarded with the audience's sympathy, thus in my portfolio there are very nice, interior paintings that are bought by fans of bright art, natural canvas and oil.
I am not always know what my painting is about
When I am working on a painting, I, of course, have an idea of what I want to do. First, I express the idea in a pencil, but what appears on the canvas is already the realization that should bear the impression. Nevertheless, I understand that my meaning, embedded in the plot of the painting can be in a good sense perverted by the viewers. Moreover, I am to agree with everyone who gives his interpretation to the seen on the canvas. It means that I achieved what I wanted.
My art animations
Prequels of my paintings.
Ropewalker
The image of the rope-Walker is collective. Characters are you and me and other simple people. The rope stretched over the abyss is our life. Art is the skill of walking on a rope and not falling. But to be able to empathize with the fallen, not to pass by, to help it is even more important.
Latest selfie with Jesus
People never lost the opportunity to make a selfie with someone great and famous. Sometimes it looks really strange.