Bio

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." (G.T. Shedd)

Iryna is an emerging expressionist artist based in Northen Italy. Her works tell stories from life and books through watercolours.

Iryna's passion for painting grows during a master course in Watercolour with Beppe Stasi, an established painter based in Rome who conveys the beauty of the 'wet-on-wet' technique in all its unpredictability.

By using freedom of water and power of pigment, Iryna's works are reflection of her personal perception and emotions toward the subject or scene depicted. Whether it is illustrations or snippets of nature, the pieces of works do not aim for realism, but rather to raise the curtain on the artist's inner universe, where anything is possible.

Iryna's artistic interests include illustrations for low fantasy novels, mythology and satirical literature. Iryna is currently carrying on with the illustration project of "The Master and Margarita" by M.A. Bulgakov which is one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.

Iryna is studying at the online art school New Masters Academy of California.