Mikhail Nikitsenka

I was born in Belarus. My interest in painting stems from travels across the forests and rivers of this beautiful country and also to Caucasus Mountains while I was in my twenties. I was overwhelmed by local landscapes, their colors and beauty. They sparked my love for painting nature.

I have built up my artistic skills by taking various painting courses and through painting expeditions with friends from the Institute of Arts of the National Academy of Science of Belarus. After moving to Canada in 2008 and settling in Newmarket I joint the Society of York Region Artists to improve my professionalism in art and to participate in various shows organized by the society.

For me a painting process takes live experience, feelings, mood, and soul materializing into each brush stroke and through each step. I paint in oil always with adding something intuitive and emotional. Most of my works accomplished “Alla Prima" to keep the spontaneity of the moment. I think the painting process allows me to observe and enjoy the live more than it would be possible otherwise. It sometimes enriches my live through sharing happy emotions with people who want to commission a painting linked to the best moments of their live when asking me to make a painting depicting, for example, "the scenery with the log...where I kissed my girlfriend first time...I attached our pictures if it helps...She was wearing blue tuque with a bun on top..."

My works can be found in private collections in Russia, Belarus, USA and Canada. I participated in a number of exhibitions and art shows.