Evgeny Potapkin is an artist who mainly focuses on portraits. His primary and favorite medium is oil paints and most of his artworks are created without drawing. Working in a variety of styles, from basic stains (spots) to detailed portraits, he documents the entire process with video and audio commentary.
The main motive behind his paintings is to encourage people to be more creative and share the joy that can be found in the process. He believes people choose professions based on their reputation and the ability to earn a lot of money rather than focusing on their interests and passion. Evgeny earned his bachelor’s degree in automotive engineering and went on to work as a road infrastructure designer before realizing he was in the wrong place. He was strolling down the street one lovely spring morning when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a powerful flood of pictures of gorgeous faces painted in oil came to him. This filled him with such joy that tears welled up in his eyes; he was overjoyed by what he saw, and he no longer had any doubts about what he desired.
Eventually, he got back to drawing again, initially with a simple pencil and then with colored pencils, gradually progressing to what he currently possesses. Following that encounter, he began experiencing more and more miracles, which increasingly directed and convinced him, both then and now, that he was on the right track.
His ambition is to improve his memory to the point where he can paint people’s strongest, often fleeting emotions from memory, combine abstraction and portraiture so that when a person looks at his work, he feels everything he wants to say, and, of course, share his knowledge and skills with anyone who is interested.
