Irina Ivanova

Naïve art, surrealism · imagined characters @elmanovich

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Artist working in naïve art and surrealism

I’ve drawn all my life, with a special love for small-scale graphics. Over the last four years I moved around a lot, and a notebook that fits in a pocket became my constant format. When I can, I also paint in oil, acrylic, and oil pastel.

About eighty percent of my work is winged creatures that seem to look straight through the viewer. The sketchbooks here are filled with characters from my own head — I’ve been drawing them for about a year.

Also on TikTok as @elmanovich.

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