The sea is calm today Painting

Alfia Koral, artist, specializing in oil painting. Holder of Global Talent Visa for the Visual Arts endorced by British Art Council. Member of Eurasian Art Union. Memeber of Artists Trade Union of Russia. Alfia Koral (Alfiia Korchagina) was born in 1981 in Ufa, Russia. Alfia left Russia in 2022 and moved to Mersin, Turkey. In 2024 she was endorsed for the Global Talent Visa by British Art Council. Currently, Alfiya is completing all her affairs in Turkey and moving to London, UK, where she will reside and pursue her artistic practice. She is specializing in oil painting, with a style that combines impressionism and realism and also experiments in abstract painting, developing his own unique style. Alfiya studied art since childhood at an art school, after she took several courses in academic painting and graphics, specialized course in oil painting technology of the Old Masters, studied contemporary art at the Moscow HSE Art and Design School. Studying and experimenting in various artistic practices influenced the developing her very distinctive artistic style, based on the physical properties of oil paint, which introduce an element of spontaneity and uncertainty into the final result, creating the effect of unusual color mixtures and bizarre textures, while forming recognizable associative images. The main theme of Alfia's practice is mindfulness and living life in the present moment, the ability to awaken and emerge from the daily routines and patterns of one's own thinking, and to realize the priceless value of every moment, the multifaceted and mystical splendor of the world. Alfiya's artworks are being acquired for the collections around the world, and she successfully collaborates with international galleries.