Many people call their paintings a storm or a hurricane on canvas. Someone might think that the images that they embody in their canvases are crazy, and they will be right! Sisters Kryvonos create emotionally charged paintings that play on the feelings and emotions of the audience. If you look at their works for a long time, you will see trees, rivers, landscapes in them, or perhaps your deep thoughts hidden from the people around you. Don`t be afraid of playing with your imagination.
Twins Kryvonos were born in Kharkiv in 1990. Elena Kryvonos is now a professor of Arts in Kharkiv Art Lyceum And her sister Alina is a nurse and they both work as independent artists.
Elena`s head has always been full of ideas, and she took the main inspiration in Pollock's artworks. “I love the way he uses paints on the canvas, I can see something extremely crazy in his works, and a plenty of layers makes his works three dimensional, as if you watch a cartoon and all the movements of the heroes are captured on one canvas.”
And Alina was a fan of classic art. The sister`s mother was an artist herself and she was consistently introducing her daughters to he world of art.
Early years and study at school
Kryvonos studied at a private school.
Elena knew that neither technical studies nor humanities attracted her a lot. The mother allowed the girls to choose their own way and never forced them to do the things they didn`t like.
As for Alina, since school years she loved natural studies and loved helping people. She was into Biology and she knew that she would work as a nurse.
The girls were raised in the atmosphere of trust and support.
This made them a very open-minded people.
“My mom used to work a lot and I rarely saw her at home. I would miss her but at the same time I was aware of having enough personal space for me and for my art. You know, just a few artists can show their art at the very beginning of their way of becoming, and I am a person who would never share my art with the world without understanding that it is perfect enough.” – says Elena
“I knew that it would be difficult to do art and to help people at the same time. The profession of nurse takes a lot of time and energy, but I`m a person who always finds time for hobby. Later I managed to combine both my passions into one and opened Art therapy courses, where I still work as a coach.” – says Alina
Elena recalls her first job as a unique experience. She got it when she was in her second year of receiving education. It was a small private Art school for beginners and she was hired there as a teacher. “I was happy then as I had been keeping my childhood dream to become a teacher in mind. And I have not mistaken.”
Alina had been studying at the university and receiving her medical education when her sister had been working as a teacher at school. “I`m proud of her, and I was wondering how twins can choose so different ways in life. But still one thing has always been in common for us – the Art and strong desire to widespread it among people.”
“My sister was always busy making the notes for classes at the college, but we agreed to leave at least 1 hour every day for making art. I remember she was so afraid of losing skills in Art, but she never did.” – says Elena
At the end of the day we both do the things we like. I work as a nurse and also as an artist in TrendGallery and my sister works as a professor at Art college and as an independent artist as well. Our mother is proud of us a lot!” says Alina
