Ekaterina Ermilkina drew inspiration from the unique beauty and rich culture of the city, leading her to paint cityscapes. In 1992, Ermilkina had her first encounter with fine art in Yalta, and she later relocated to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She achieved her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy in 1998. Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, Ekaterina Ermilkina, an oil painter, spent her formative years in the enchanting city of Yalta on the North coast of the Black Sea.
Ermilkina’s dynamic artworks vibrate with color and motion,
casting a candied haze across the cityscape. “I have focused on art all my life. It makes
me optimistic, full of energy, and happy. The vivid colors of Crimea where I
grew up, and the beautiful marine of the Black Sea, inspired me to paint for
the rest of my life. I believe that paintings can reflect our desires for beauty,
poetics, and perfection.”
Ermilkina’s original
abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of
applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her
inspirations are the expressionistic magic skylines of big cities like
Manhattan, Philadelphia, and Chicago filled with colorful skyscrapers. The urban scenic views are abstracted and rich
with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork
and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy.
In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S., and her works have
been featured in various solo and group exhibitions in international galleries
and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada,
Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, UAE, and Russia. Notable collectors
include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.
