Love, beauty and happiness in the paintings of Irina Karkabi

The works of the contemporary artist Irina Karkabi invariably attract attention at any exhibition. Her talent is very multifaceted — she paints portraits, landscapes, everyday scenes and figurative paintings. Irina Vitalievna works only in oil — this difficult technique, not too beloved by modern artists, has submitted to her in the most subtle nuances. The artist is known in the USA, Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia and, of course, at home — in Ukraine.

Irina Vitalievna Karkabi was born in Kharkov, in 1960, in a family of scientists. Irina started drawing at a preschool age, and her parents immediately realized that this was her way. During her school years, the artist honed her talent, and after receiving a certificate, she left for Leningrad without hesitation. There, Karkabi entered the Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with honors.

While still a student, Irina Karkabi met her soul mate and got married. Soon a daughter appeared in the young family. After graduating from the Academy in 1982, the artist emigrated to Israel with her husband and child. They chose to live in Haifa, a city in the north of the country near The Mediterranean Sea.

The culture of the Mediterranean, ancient and mysterious, has become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the artist. It was easy and pleasant to work in the city by the sea, and there were more and more fans of creativity. Soon, Karkabi opened her studio and began painting not only for the soul, but also to order.

Now Irina Vitalievna's works are exhibited in galleries in New York, London and Paris. You can also find them in private collections around the world. The artist, who once wrote posters for theaters and created illustrations for children's books, has taken a worthy place among modern painters with world-famous names.

The artist herself says that in her works she explores the secrets of love and beauty. Sometimes it seems that she is very close to the solution — her paintings simply gush with sensuality, expression and femininity. In them, symbolism is elegantly intertwined with classics, and antique motifs with the most modern.

Maria Magdalena Oosthuizen, an artist from South Africa, also draws happiness — for her it's children playing.