I am please to introduce Anastasiia Kolhan , a Ukrainian born contemporary painter whose work moves confidently across emotion, symbolism and psychological depth, and takes her place at our christmas art auction with 3 of her popular works.. Her practice unfolds through distinct conceptual series, each creating its own emotional world with a clear visual language and a strong symbolic identity. Anastasiia paints from lived experience. Her subjects grow out of the inner spaces

Every season of the Chinwe Russell Contemporary Art Auction brings with it a wave of fresh voices, new narratives, and artists whose work carries profound emotional and cultural depth. Today, I am pleased to spotlight an exciting storyteller on canvas: Oreoluwa “OTEKA” Adeeko , a Nigerian-British contemporary artist whose visual language is as powerful as it is unforgettable. OTEKA’s work enters the auction not merely as art, but as lived experience— migration, memory, identi

One of the most extraordinary aspects of curating an international art auction is the moment you encounter a body of work that stops you in your tracks , work that feels both otherworldly and deeply human, delicate yet powerful, fragile yet resilient. This is exactly what I felt when I discovered the art of Sofia Balazova , whom I am proud to feature for the very first time in the Chinwe Russell Living Artists Christmas Auction . Sofia brings a rare emotional honesty to her p

Introduction: Lets delve into the origins of figurative paintings and why they are a stable of the art world and therefore a key part of...