Ira Volkova is an artist from Ukraine with over 20 years of creative experience. In recent years, focusing on the topic of floristics, the artist creates ethereal large-scale oil paintings of different kinds of flowers.
She was born in a small town in the south of Ukraine. As a child, Ira expresses that she can confidently say that her childhood was happy and bright. It seems to me that during that period I accumulated so much sunlight that I still give it back in my paintings.
Ira also mentions that she has been drawing for as long as she can remember. It was enough for her parents to give her a sheet of paper and pencils – and the child was busy for several hours. Therefore, she had no difficulties with choosing a profession; from early childhood, Ira firmly knew that she would be an artist.
“I’m inspired by nature in its endless variety. Even the most common object changes when you try to draw it” says Ira. She loves the large format of canvases. They allow people to show much more than they are used to seeing. On her canvases, a whole macrocosm of petals, the play of light and shadows, and sun glare are deployed.
Other than being an artist, Ira also loves photography a lot. For her, photography is a good and necessary tool in the hands of a modern artist, which is the best hobby for the soul. “I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have the light joyousness of springtime, which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me,” says Ira.