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Hi,
I am Oleg Matveyev.
I
was born in 1959 in
Sverdlovsk
(
Russia
).
Since the year 2000 my family and I live in Scotland.
I have an engineering background and a PhD degree in Computing.
I
am a self taught artist. Painting has been my hobby for more than 25
years. It was the way to express, with pen and paper, my thoughts and
feelings after listening to music or reading books. It was rather visions
and impressions than illustrations. In different times it was M.
Mussorgsky (Pictures at an exhibition) and
E. Greig
(Peer Gynt), Rick Wakeman and Pink Floyd, who inspired my works.
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As
for books, Strugatsky Brothers (Soviet Sci-Fi writers) and Alexander Grin (Russian-Soviet
writer, 1880-1932) were
feeding my art with ideas. My latest book-related painting is called
‘The Chronicles of Amber’ (after ‘The Chronicles of Amber’ series
by Roger Zelazny). The music of Rimsky-Korsakov inspired my ‘The
Bumble Bee’ in oils.
Scotland,
with its history and picturesque landscapes, inspired the majority of my recent
works. Because of Scotland
I have started painting in oils.
I am presenting here my works created in Scotland, inspired by Scotland
and the Caribbean.
I dedicate my works to my wife and the wonderful and hospitable people
of Scotland I was lucky to
meet here.
Dundee,
Scotland, 2009
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This page was last updated on
31-Dec-2009.
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