I have an M.A. from the St. Petersburg Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, Russia.
I have had several exhibitions in St. Petersburg, and a number of my paintings and pen and ink graphics have been sold to collectors in St. Petersburg, Moscow, London, Toronto, and New York.
My first paintings were primarily decorative, but some early works mirrored themes central to my poetry, especially the human realationship with the universe (both the physical/social universe and the metaphysical)., e.g., the Trickster/Joker figure.
I think that art has to bring beauty. Tragical or not, that beauty always gives people joy and a possibility for their souls to be more human.