Artist Biography: Alexander Gorelov Born on November 22, 1958, in the northern town of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian artist Alexander Gorelov has spent a lifetime shaped by landscapes, traditions, and the deep rhythms of nature. His early artistic training began in a children’s art school, where the vast Siberian scenery—floodplains of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers, low mountain ridges crowned with ancient cedars, and sun-lit sandbanks scattered with rounded stones—formed his first visual language. Guided by his teacher, Nikolai Dmitrievich Ivanov, Gorelov learned to observe nature with precision and tenderness, painting long plein-air sessions that nurtured his love of the natural world. In 1976, Gorelov entered the Ural School of Applied Arts, a transformative environment filled with stone-cutting studios, metalworking workshops, and walls adorned with mosaics, frescoes, and student copies of Renaissance masterpieces. The creative energy of the Urals—its craftsmanship, materials, and artistic heritage—became a formative chapter in his development. From 1977 to 1979, he served in the Soviet Army, and in 1982 he completed his studies at the Ural School. Another turning point came with the Krasnoyarsk State Art Institute, where he studied from 1986 to 1991. The Yenisei River region, with its dramatic shift from steep forested cliffs to quiet steppes framed by the Sayan Mountains, offered an entirely new palette of inspiration. Ancient burial mounds, menhirs, stone carvings, and petroglyphs—traces of civilizations thousands of years old—deepened his fascination with mystery, time, and the spiritual dimensions of landscape. In 2002, he became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, exhibiting widely at regional and national levels. In 2015, Gorelov moved to Texas, where he continues his artistic practice from his home studio. The landscapes of Texas—particularly the sprawling oak trees—gave him an immediate sense of belonging. Standing beneath an ancient oak, protected from the sun, he writes, “I feel at peace. I’m home.” The discovery of fossilized shells in a nearby stream awakened the same sense of deep time that first inspired him along the Yenisei. Texas became not only a new home, but a new artistic chapter filled with light, warmth, and possibility.
“My creative dacha” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Wooden panel, acrylic ink, acrylic. 23.5’’x27.5’’ $816
“Fasti” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Paper, mixed technique, watercolor, fluid acrylic. 24’’x26,5’’ $595
“Сaddo Lake” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Paper, mixed technique, watercolor, fluid acrylic. 36’’x38’’ $867
“Dawn” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Wooden panel, mixed technique, watercolor, fluid acrylic, fine liner. 36’’x24’’ $867
“Their wild reverberations” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Paper, acrylic, mixed technique, colored pencil, acrylic. 36’’x36’’ $612
“Relict fish” Artist: Aleksandr Gorelov Paper, mixed technique, watercolor, fluid acrylic. 26’’x29’’ $629