Colorful Afternoon

Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, oil painter Ekaterina Ermilkina grew up in the beautiful city of Yalta in Crimea on the North coast of the Black Sea. In 1992, Ermilkina moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia where in 1998 she received her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy. In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S. and is now living in New Jersey. The unique beauty and rich culture of the cities she lived in inspired her to paint cityscapes. Her 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 inspired me to paint for the rest of my life. I believe that paintings can reflect our desires for beauty, poetics, and perfection.” Ekaterina 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. Ermilkina's artworks have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in international galleries and fine art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Her artworks have been featured on TV shows such as American Gigolo, Better Things, and The Laundromat. Notable collectors include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.