An artist who managed to put the city’s charming chaos on canvas has finally come around. It is Alexandra Ovchinnikova, a St. Petersburg painter who combines realism, impressionism, and folk art motives in her work.
It is a great pleasure for me to present a sample of her art related to Kandalaksha.
Here:
Sea port
Black banyas
The gate to the nature reserve port
Here I’ve met the white-haired Soviet professor, the son of Bianki. He’s been working at the Ryazhkov island for 50 years.
The nature reserve port
Smokestacks, gates, garages
Kandalaksha life
Two tipsy ladies after a swim. Alenya says one of them was wrapping plastic around her foot. Very cinema-like personages.
Two more drunk ladies with Belomor cigarettes
The road to ports
Kandalaksha. Dogs. Fish.
On the train to Kandalaksha
High tide
“Zyomka”
What can I say?! Kandalaksha!
Kandalaksha
At the city beach
The train north
Upper berths
Port and beach