Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (Russia) since 1948. Painter.
Lived in Omsk. Engaged in the art Studio of Palace of pioneers and the House of folk art (1934-1938). He studied at the Omsk pedagogical College of art (1938-1940, not finished) at M. K. Legalov and A. I. Kozlov. Worked in partnership with "the Artist" (Omsk). He studied at the Russian Academy of arts in St. Petersburg (1943-1946, did not graduate) professors M. Bernstein, p. P. Belousova, B. A. Vogel. Participant of exhibitions since 1943. He returned to Omsk. For his work "the night of the Omi", which were exhibited at the Siberian interregional exhibition (Novosibirsk, 1947), was awarded a diploma and a trip to Moscow in the Studio of excellence (1948). Since 1950 he lived in Kemerovo. Every year, from spring to autumn, lived in the village of Simonovo in krapivinsky district of Kemerovo region, where he painted landscapes. Nikolay Ivanovich has worked primarily in the landscape genre. That is nature, he is considered a personification of the harmony of the world. In his works, the artist transcends the immediacy of experience. Composition of his works are thoughtfully constructive color, usually tender, built on the subtle shades of bright tones, paint is placed a flat, smooth layer. Melt one in other colors give rise to a poetic clearness of sensations. The depth of the feelings of Russian nature, turning into a philosophical reflection on the meaning of human existence, unites the artist with a great tradition of the Russian school of landscape.
The work of Nikolai Ivanovich in its mood of lyrical. His paintings are created based on real impressions, thus, they reproduce the full, generalized image of the world. Amazing combination and its dedication to nature and however elaborate the constructive characteristic of the works of N. And. Bachinina. It seems that he easily and happily writes his paintings, intuitively discovering the laws underlying the natural world – a world of purity and clarity. The earth is poetically perceived by the artist as the ideal of a harmonious space where nature, people, animals live in joyful unity.
The motives of landscapes of Nikolai Ivanovich primarily Kuzbass – Tom, its shores, Barzas, Shoriya. If under the wing of the plane, we see the ancient face of the earth with the folds of the mountains, hills, bend of the river and the signs of new – cultivated fields, paved roads, blocks of houses, traffic on roads. Air, light, dynamics permeated the endless expanse. Among the means of the composite solution image works should be noted and image acquisition of the object close to the viewer. The artist makes sure to look in the closeup grass, flowering bushes, the Windows of the hut, to the particular to see a large being in the world where the loving contemplation of the parts develops into an argument about the meaning of life.
Terrific hold a ton of power based scenic landscapes of Nikolai Ivanovich. Favorite gamma – cold, delicate, subtle. It defines the structure of the space, the transmission of air and light. The skill of the tonal system of painting also brings together the artist with the tradition of Russian landscape.
Every year in Kuzbas the best artist is awarded the prize named after Nikolai Ivanovich Bachinina.
Creative journeys: cities and regions of Kuzbass: Leninsk-Kuznetsk, Belovo, Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Novokuznetsk, Mezhdurechensk, Berezovsk, Krapivino, Barzas, Verhoture, Saltymakovo (1950-1956.); the Gornaya Shoria (1957); House of creativity "Academic dacha". I. E. Repin (1958); lake. Baikal (1959); Western Sayan (1965).
