Antananka has thickly painted this piece using his own style of Electric Impressionism. Like traditional impressionists Antanenka seeks to show the time of day and atmosphere through color. His individuality as an artist lays in using bold and bright colors to convey rather than the traditional pastel shades. The artist has signed this piece on the on the lower right corner. The canvas measures 12"h x 16"w. Alexander Antanenka (b. 1951) born in the Soviet Union in the city of Brest. He attended Art Academy in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) where he graduated at the top of his class in 1978. After the Chernobyl disaster claimed both his parents lives he left everything and moved with his family to Magadan/Siberia. This country was home to various Russian artists writers poets and politicians whose works and ideas were not of Soviet exactness and were forbidden by the KGB to exhibit in this country. Back to Minsk Belarus he was finally able to show his work in Magadan (1990) Vladavostok (1992) Khabarovsk (1993) Minsk and Brest (1996) Moscow at the Kremlin (1997) and Saint Petersburg (1998). His work is held in numerous collections worldwide including Belgium Czech Republic Germany Holland Israel Italy Japan Poland Russia and the USA.

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