Panther. Пантера (2023) Painting by Maslova Art Gallery

Welcome to my world. My name is Svetlana and I am an animal painter. I draw portraits of animals. Love for animals defined my genre in painting. The world of wild animals is full of interesting and informative, and in my work I want to convey the beauty of wildlife: the nature of animals, their emotions and relationships with each other, this is devotion, grace, instincts, sometimes dreaminess, harmony and happiness. In my paintings, everyone can see what is close to him, that emotion and energy that will respond to him. He can transfer this emotion to his home or give it to loved ones.

As we know, there are 25% of the land left on earth that people have not touched, animal populations are disappearing and we must make every effort to save it. With my creativity, I also want to help this great mission.

I am a beginner self-taught artist, I came to creativity at the call of my soul. I believe that it is very important for every person to listen to their inner world and do what your desires suggest.

Behind me, I have successful experience in sales abroad, since I live in Ukraine and now we are having difficult times, even during the war I sent work to Europe, we have a strong nation, all postal services work and we try and help each other with everything country.

I also draw pets to order. Love for our pets as close ones, for everyone it is already a family member, just as important and expensive. Why not draw their portrait and delight yourself with their beauty and uniqueness. I also have a cat and a Labrador at home. Someday I will find time for them and I will draw their portrait, which I will definitely tell about in the news.

My style is realism, genre - animalism. For long hours I move near the easel, drawing every hair, so that it is as realistic as possible. I paint with high-quality acrylic (made in the USA) on a fiberboard board or fine-grained linen on canvas, always covering the picture with high-quality varnish. I arrange some paintings in a frame, some I leave without a frame and give the buyer the opportunity to be creative with the design.

I was captured by this genre, because looking at the picture it’s hard to believe that this is not a photo, this wow effect, ideality and realism once captured me and I said - I also want to be able to do that! I do not stop at my development and constantly improve my skills, I like to read literature, I study the experience of other artists.

I will be glad to talk and open to everything new.

• Nationality: UKRAINE
• Date of birth : 1990
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• Groups: Ukrainian Contemporary Artists