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Anya Tikomirova
 Hello, thanks for visiting my gallery. I have been very fortunate to be able to paint from the very early age, in fact, as long as I can remember myself, because both my parents were artists as well as the majority of my aunts and uncles, cousins, their friends and colleagues. I graduated from Stroganov Art University in Moscow in 1997 and have been painting professionally ever since. I am working in the realistic style, I highly value traditional painting skills and constantly try to improve my techniques. I draw my inspiration from the great artists of the past and particularly from the Art Nouveau period such as Manet, Degas, Cezanne, Whistler, Sargent. Also, being Russian, I was brought up to admire the finest examples of Russian realistic and impressionistic art such as works by Repin, Serov, Korovin, Shishkin. I try to exhibit regularly, mainly locally in Richmond-upon-Thames. We have a most beautiful section of the river Thames here looping around several times and creating many exciting views all along. Colourful boats, many bridges, several magnificent parks - Richmond is a dream place for an artist. I love painting reflections, that's why water is often present in my landscapes and a lot of my still life is on the glass surfaces. My other passion is painting cats - you can find some examples in the Portrait room. These creatures are so incredibly graceful in any position they chose to take. They simply demand to be painted - and I humbly obey :-) I often paint cats on commission and also run the online cat art club called Cat Art Garden where I try to promote the artistic activities amongst the cat fans. I hope you will enjoy your visit and come again soon to check up on my new art. If you click the little star icon at the top and enter your email address there, Mini Galleries will immediately let you know of any new paintings that I display here. I would be very pleased to hear from you so don't hesitate to contact me if you have any inquiries - contact page is under the "@" button.  |
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 | Gallery Room 1: | Landscapes (9 images) |
| Gallery Room 2: | Portraits (People and Cats) (6 images) |
| Gallery Room 3: | Still Life (10 images) |
