Gulyaeva Elena Alekseevna - a native of Vladivostok - became a famous artist. The genres in which she is interested are landscape, portrait, still life. There are no dark colors in the paintings. She herself says that she sees the world in pink glasses, and is happy about it. She likes to illustrate children's books. She travels a lot and develops as an artist.
From biography
Elena Alekseevna Gulyaeva was born in 1979 in Vladivostok. Father is a native of Vladivostok. Her grandfather was the director of the Philharmonic. She keeps his hat as a relic.
She started to become an artist since childhood. Even before school, I attended an art studio. Once she drew a whole city, with houses, roads and bridges. Buses with people were traveling across the bridges. At school, she drew cartoons for classmates. Then there was an art school. There she opened up completely. The question of getting an education was decided long ago.
Optimist creator
Few adults can see the world as bright, sunny, positive. E. Gulyaeva can be attributed to such an insignificant number of people. Each time she takes a brush in her hands in order to make sure - the world is beautiful!
The emotional impact of E. Gulyaeva's paintings is powerful. She shares with the audience her impressions of her native Vladivostok, its nature, its people. In most of her paintings, sunlight works wonders, and water and air help him. All these elements together create a life-affirming element. The effect of the paintings is light and joyful.
Pink glasses can only be worn by those who keep childhood in their souls.
Small homeland
Her Vladivostok landscapes shine with light colors - pale blue, pale pink. There are no dark colors - black, brown, gray.
Even the thistle is painted in bloom, with red heads, covered in greenery. On the shore of the water surface. It is a joy to look at, although the association with the name usually does not cause that feeling.
Landscape paintings reflecting the nature of Vladivostok are created with delicate light colors. It seems that the air here is so fresh that you definitely want to feel it. Islets, hills, buildings, sea transport - everything is done in light colors.
Still lifes
Her still lifes are original. A light table lamp, next to it, in a simple vase, flowers of a reddish-purple hue and a vase with rose hips. The berries have not yet been picked on a white tablecloth.
And here is a picture that reflects the month when everything in nature ripens and smells of various tastes. This sugar August was reflected by the artist. On a light blue tablecloth there is a simple vase with pinkish flowers and the main culprit of the taste color - a cut watermelon. He's such a sugar drinker that you want to try it.
Elena also likes to depict objects of the eastern countries of a bluish-silver color. The reddish shades of other objects shimmer against the background of variegated brown and yellowish fabrics. An interesting Easter still life, where there is a painted towel, a Russian samovar and painted eggs. The main distant background is the image of the Virgin.
Classics and novelty of portraits
Elena agrees that photography is not a substitute for a portrait. She has little left: the picture goes to its prototype. While working in college, she invites models to classes, writes them with the students, and then presents the painting to the hostess.
Her exhibition of portraits of Vladivostok residents has opened in one of Vladivostok's galleries. E. Gulyaeva spoke about the technique of drawing works from nature. She used colored cardboard and gouache. The birth of the image took place without a pencil and an eraser. She, traditionally building interaction with a person, tried to catch the expression of her eyes, mood, character. Each meeting is an amazing story for her.
She is sure that the artist should be a little in love with the posing, and he should completely trust the artist.
Children's portraits
A kind of portrait of a child. The far background is the cathedral. A baby on a winter day with a joyful look holds tassels of red berries. Fresh and wonderful at heart when you look at this image. She's like out of a fairy tale. Elena tells how this picture came to be. When her daughter Katya was born, she completely abandoned creativity. They walked in the park, the girl played by the viburnum bush and laughed. A snowball fluttered. This state of the child and inspired her. From that moment on, the next step in her creative life began.
Here is another princess, leaning back, posing in an antique armchair. She is in a semi-airy dress of slightly scarlet fabric. Nearby is a dog, also painted in light shades. He seemed to dissolve at her feet and, invisible, vigilantly guards the little mistress.
Illustrator
Once the sister of the writer E. Mukovozova asked Elena if she wanted to design a book. Lena was close to the "child" theme. Subsequently, her drawings adorned the collection of poems by E. Mukovozova "In my city, the city of the sea." The joint work of two creative people never ceases to amaze.
In 2017, E. Gulyaeva created more illustrations for book covers:
Magic workplace
The studio was Elena's old dream. As a family person, she has a lot of worries. And the studio is the place where she experiences creative happiness: she gets away from any information "rubbish". Here there is only the world of art, and in it she is the mistress.
She now teaches painting in college, which she calls a lifelong work. Elena believes that she has a creative guardian angel. She says that she was lucky to have teachers and that she also wants to become for others the same creative guardian angel.
From personal life
While studying at the academy, Elena started a family. My daughter Katyusha is actively drawing. Mom Lena wants to develop her talent. She does not want to happen to her the same as with her son, who abandoned his brushes and after graduation did not touch them again.
Elena admits that her husband did not immediately begin to support her profession. Sometimes, when everyone was in nature, when he saw her painting the sunset, he called her to rest. But then he began to understand that the wife finds a way to relax in creativity.
For several years, Elena has been developing her talent. Now her skill is growing from year to year, she is becoming famous. He never ceases to enjoy life and bring this earthly joy to people in his work.
