{"id":31816,"date":"2025-11-30T08:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T08:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/?p=31816"},"modified":"2025-12-03T03:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:14:37","slug":"irina-krechetova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/2025\/11\/30\/irina-krechetova\/","title":{"rendered":"Irina Krechetova"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31816\" class=\"elementor elementor-31816\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7c1d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d7c1d2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a11561f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a11561f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 22-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tYear of birth: 1974<br>\nYour education: NGPU, Department of Painting \u2014 graduated with honors (red diploma)<br>\nDescribe your art in three words: Realism \u00b7 Impressionism<br>\nYour discipline: Oil painting<br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/krechetova_art\" target=\"_blank\">Website<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8578816 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8578816\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a5f044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a5f044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011-768x1051.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Img-20251121-Wa00011-600x821.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">You travel a lot and paint scenes from different countries \u2014 India, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. How do these travels influence your artistic vision?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, that\u2019s true \u2014 I travel a lot and I always take my sketch kit with me. I can\u2019t imagine a vacation without it. New places fill me with fresh impressions and inspire me to create studies. Each country reveals its own unique stories, its architecture, landscapes, its sunrises and sunsets\u2026 Later, in my studio, I paint works inspired by what I have seen \u2014 a vivid reflection of the paths I\u2019ve taken.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31790 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2-1024x776.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-2-600x455.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your paintings often feature bright colors and expressive brushwork. How do you choose your color palette for each work?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am an artist \u2014 that\u2019s how I see it! This phrase has already become a clich\u00e9, but there is a grain of truth in it. I am a realist artist, and it\u2019s hard to argue with that. I try to \u201ccapture\u201d nature and convey it as it is \u2014 but through my own vision, through my perception of the world around me. And the palette and brushstrokes on the canvas are not the main thing; it\u2019s impossible to explain how it happens.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">What attracts you most to marine themes \u2014 the sea itself, the light, or perhaps the atmosphere of freedom?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are right \u2014 I have many works dedicated to the sea, rivers, and lakes. I love painting water, boats, and ships. And everything about them fascinates me: the changing surface, reflections, unreal color combinations, the graphic quality of the vessels\u2019 forms, their stability, the precise contours of the decks and yacht masts \u2014 and the sails!!<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3-768x1177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-26-3-600x919.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of your still lifes and portraits radiate warmth and positivity. Is this an intentional artistic choice or a reflection of your inner state?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I believe that an artist\u2019s inner state will inevitably be reflected in their work. It\u2019s like a fingerprint \u2014 always unique.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31792 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-782x1024.jpg 782w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-768x1006.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-22-12-40-600x786.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you start a new painting, do you plan it in detail or let the process unfold intuitively?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I\u2019m working on a piece in the studio, I need to invent and imagine the storyline. But when I paint from life, I capture whatever grabs my attention \u2014 the color, the light, the form. Whenever I\u2019m in a new place, I walk a lot, observe, and search for the right angle.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Irina-Krechetova-Photo-2025-10-27-12-04-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your works are in private collections in many countries. Do you remember your first sale abroad?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, I remember! There was nothing special about it \u2014 they ordered the work online, and I sent it by mail. But let me tell you about another interesting case.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It happened in India, in the state of Kerala. I was painting a seascape with a small house across from a large hotel. As I was finishing, an elderly English couple approached me and asked to buy the piece. They said they had visited this place many times before and used to come with their daughter. They wanted to bring my painting to her as a gift \u2014 a keepsake of their travels together.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such a touching story, isn\u2019t it?<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31794 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28-768x634.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualartjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-10-27_12-04-28-600x495.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400\">What would you like viewers to feel when they look at your paintings?<\/h4><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">My main message is positivity. I want people to feel uplifted when they look at my works. There is already so much dullness, gloom, and negativity around us\u2014why bring that onto the canvas?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of birth: 1974 Your education: NGPU, Department of Painting \u2014 graduated with honors (red diploma) Describe your art in three words: Realism \u00b7 Impressionism Your discipline: Oil painting Website You travel a lot and paint scenes from different countries \u2014 India, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka. How do these travels influence your artistic vision? 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