Biography of Natalia

Natalia Rtishcheva is a contemporary Canadian artist of Russian origin. She is a professional artist and the owner of the Art Kela gallery. Natalia was born on September 9, 1976 in Moscow, Russia. At the invitation of the Government of Quebec, in 2016 she moved to Quebec City with her family. Natalia is a professional artist, graduated from the University of Arts in Moscow, the faculty of painting and received a degree in artist-painter. Natalia showed a talent for creativity from an early age, she was engaged in ikebana, phytopainting - composing pictures or sculptures from natural materials, was engaged in macrame, sewing, patchwork, creating flowers from nylon and material, modeling from polymer clay and creating jewelry from glass, but the top of this creative pyramid was painting.

Natalia has her own distinct style in painting - most of her works are done with a palette knife. She works a lot outdoors, makes many sketches and watercolors while traveling both in the province of Quebec and abroad. Since Natalia has completed a full course of painting, she has no restrictions, no limits - what to paint with, a brush or a palette knife, what paint, acrylic, watercolor or oil, on paper or canvas. She is equally good at oil painting, acrylic, watercolor, tempera. She can paint the same subject with different colors on different surfaces, and also transform it in different styles, for example, a classic still life and paint it in the style of cubism or postimpressionism.

"It doesn't matter what paint to paint with or what the plot is, it's important that this urge comes from the heart, and not because it's fashionable or because others are doing it," says Natalia. "True creativity should not be limited by anything. In the fall, when everything is flowing and it's constantly raining outside, I am drawn to watercolors and creating foggy or rainy plots. In winter, I like to paint snowy landscapes with oil or gouache paints.

I love acrylic paints for their rich colors and very fast drying, sometimes the work requires it. I love working outdoors, painting landscapes, umbrellas, rain, autumn leaves, snowfalls, sunrises and sunsets, I love nature, and it loves me. I love old buildings, medieval architecture, because it takes you to a fairy tale, I love fairy tales, fairy tale characters and the justice of fairy tales, where good triumphs over evil. But I don’t like to paint portraits, because the artist conveys not only facial features to the canvas with paints, but also character, mood, and it does not always coincide with the vision of the model. I don’t like evil and false people, but I see and feel it.

I am a follower of the Russian school of painting and of course with elements of the European school. Of the Russian classics, I am inspired by the painting of the following great Russian painters:

Julius Yulievich Klever (Julius Sergius von Klever) - his landscapes with a fairy-tale mysticism with fir trees and huts.

Ivan Silych Goryushkin-Sorokopudov captivated my heart with his landscapes and portraits, where the artist’s creative interests focused his attention on the historical genre, on the theme of Ancient Rus', patriarchal customs and folk life.

Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi - of course, his moonlit night. Arkhip Ivanovich is the leader of the Russian school of luminism and is a master of light, he knew how to create the magic of light.

Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov and his subjects transformed from the historical genre and romantic tendencies associated with folklore and symbolism.

Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin - "The depiction of everything that has life is the main difficulty of art" - I.I. Shishkin himself claimed. He glorified the majestic beauty of nature! He experimented easily and freely, achieving stunning realism.

Ilya Efimovich Repin is a talent in all areas of painting. Whenever I lose inspiration, I always turn to his paintings and get a new impetus for my own creativity.

Impressionism of the 20th century - in my country, the USSR, it was Socialist Realism - Socialist Realism - a trend in art that affirms the triumph of communist ideas and glorifies the working man. A huge number of artists worked in this direction and many of them were real masters of the highest category, such as Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov and my favorite painting "New Moscow" and the painting "Wedding on Tomorrow's Street"; Tatyana Nilovna Yablonskaya - the painting "Morning" became a cult for all Soviet children.

Leonid Arkadievich Afremov is an artist who inspired me to use a palette knife in my work as the main tool for painting. Leonid also inspired me with the subjects of his paintings: parks, city landscapes.

I am also inspired by the paintings of the following Western artists:

Vincent van Gogh - a sense of style, a sense of color and a free presentation of the material.

Claude Monet - for the "freedom" of brushstrokes, for the impressionist style in art.

It is these artists who inspire me; it is they who give me direction in my creative life.

Thank you for your interest and attention to my creative works. Especially, I sincerely thank my customers for purchasing my work. It is you who help me continue to work, develop as an artist and bring something new to this life.