Vyacheslav
Afanasyevich Chernakov

graphic artist. Honored Artist of Russia (2003), member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists.
Born in 1946 in Port Arthur. Graduated from secondary school in Vyritza, Leningrad Region, then graduated from the Faculty of Art and Graphic Arts of the Herzen Institute. He worked as a teacher of drawing and drafting at school, and as a graphic artist in the Vyborg district. For the last 15 years of his life he was a free artist, a member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists. His works for the chamber and pinching mood can be called "poetry of Spring", recalling the poems of Sergei Yesenin. The favorite genre of the author is landscape, but he also wrote marvelous floral still lifes. The artist admires his native nature, with inner awe depicting boundless forest dales or secluded temples. Just incredible tenderness and lightness ... It feels like these landscapes reflected in the water or turned into magical mirages. The favorite genre of the author - landscape, but also well he wrote amazing floral still lifes. In the works of Vyacheslav Chernakov one can feel the brush of a mature master. He was a brilliant landscape painter and created beautiful compositions. Exhibitions: "Landscapes of the Leningrad Region", "My dear Motherland", "Old Ladoga - the Temple of the Leningrad Region". His works were exhibited in the Legislative Assembly, the Chamber of Control and Accounts, the State Duma of Russia, as well as repeatedly traveled throughout the Leningrad land, delighting the hearts of its inhabitants. The creative path of Vyacheslav Afanasyevich, who worked as a landscape painter, graphic artist, portraitist was fruitful. The series of portraits "Our contemporary" created by him is a tribute to people, cultural figures, scientists, heads of enterprises and ordinary workers of the Leningrad region. He was a true singer of his native land. The palette is very delicate, airy and soft. His works for the chamber and pinching mood can be called "poetry of Spring", recalling the poems of Sergei Yesenin. He painted landscapes and floral still lifes in watercolor, etching. Favorite genre of the author: landscape, but also well he wrote amazing floral still lifes. The artist admires his native nature, with inner awe depicting boundless forests or secluded temples.