Hi everyone! My name is Nikita Manokhin, I am a painter from Ukraine. Today I've decided to start my own blog and first of all I would like to tell some general information about myself.

    So, I was born in 1989 in a small town of Mariupol in Ukraine, in the artist family. I must admit, I didn't have any affection to arts or painting during my first years. Painting was quite a difficult discipline for me at school, I didn't attend any professional painting classes then. Foreign languages were much more interesting for me, so eventually in 2005 I finished Mariupol City Lyceum, English language faculty.

    As for my capabilities, they had first shown up when I was 16, I started with pencil portraits made by photos. Then my mother noticed it and proposed me to study architecture. Having prepared myself for the exams, I entered Donbass National Academy Of Architecture And Civil Engineering and in 2011 graduated from there as a Specialist of Architecture. However, I didn't have much passion and love towards architecture. I was lucky to meet my mentor, a well-known and established Donetsk artist, at the Academy. He had taught me many things and directed me onto the road I'm walking today. So, now I continue studying and self-improvement. I am interested in new knowledge and skills. I also take part in different art events and exhibitions. My artworks are being exhibited and sold in Mariupol and Kyiv. Several works are in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany, As for figures, I've made over 120 artworks since 2009. I have a goal of devoting myself to my favorite field of activity that is painting and making myself an established professional artist.

    In my art I prefer the style of impressionism, oil, palette knife, hardboard and canvas, alla prima technique. The subject of my art is most commonly landscape, street views, Italian views, Venice, Genoa etc. However, I also create still-life and portraits, some works of mine are made with acrylic colors, charcoal, sanguine and pencil. My favorite painters of the past years are Claude Monet, William Turner and Nicolai Fechin. As for modern artists, I enjoy the works of Françoise Nielly, Jonas Gerard, Nikolai Blokhin.

    So, that was some brief information about me, and now I'm going to exhibit my art here. I would be very glad, if you like it, because it is the purpose of an artist - to bring joy into the lives of the viewers.