My pictures convey my emotions and I’m happy if people feel the same way while looking at them.

Now living with her family - and working as a professional artist - in Hertfordshire, Lena grew up in the Soviet Union/Russia. There she went to drawing school after her normal school day ended.

She also spent a lot of her childhood with her grandmother, who introduced her to the world of art and was - and still is - her biggest inspiration.
Later, a degree in Architecture, at Saratov Technical University, honed her perspective and geometry skills, especially when drawing street views, urban scenes or city skylines - her favourite subjects.

Over the years, Lena has experimented with many different drawing materials, doing quick pen sketches on holiday and in her spare time. In the last five years she has discovered watercolour and that has now became her favourite drawing material.

Lena specialises in urban landscapes and focuses on the play of light and shadow to convey the moods and emotions of the city. She also enjoys playing with angles of view and, particularly, looking down, sometimes from vertiginous viewpoints. She regards her art as visual storytelling, building a bridge between contemporary art and Illustration.