Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, oil painter Ekaterina Ermilkina grew up in Crimea on the North coast of the Black Sea. In 1992, Ermilkina moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia where in 1998 she received her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy. In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S. and is now living in New Jersey. The unique beauty and rich culture of the cities she lived in inspired her to paint cityscapes. Ermilkina's dynamic artworks vibrate with color and motion, casting a candied haze across the cityscape. Her paintings reflect our desires for beauty, poetics, and perfection. Ermilkina’s original abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspirations are the expressionistic magic skylines of big cities filled with colorful skyscrapers. The urban scenic views are abstracted and rich with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy. Ermilkina's works have been featured in exhibitions in international galleries and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia. Notable collectors include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.