About

My name is Kristina and I work primarily with oil on canvas. I was born in Vladivostok, by the Pacific Ocean, and now live in Belgium under a quieter northern sky. That distance between places — between bright coasts and soft, grey light — naturally slips into my work.

I move between still life, landscape and more abstract, expressive series like the Birch series. I’m less interested in strict categories and more in atmosphere: the pause in a room, the weight of a colour, the way light can make something feel suddenly familiar. Each painting is built slowly in layers, so that it keeps a trace of earlier decisions and moods underneath what you see on the surface.

My work is meant to be lived with. I like the idea of a painting quietly becoming part of someone’s everyday surroundings — hanging in a hallway, above a table, next to a window — and catching the eye at unexpected moments. If one of my works can give a feeling of calm, recognition or simple curiosity to the person who lives with it, then it is doing what it was made to do.

Selected moments

• 2021 – First landscape series, small works on paper and canvas.
• 2023 – Birth of the Birch Series, a group of seven expressive vertical tree paintings.
• 2024 – Still life paintings with tea & flowers become a recurring motif. Familiar landscapes and memories prevail.
• 2025 – New work focusing on color, expression and atmosphere. Exploring new horizons.