FOLLOWING THOUGHT AND FEELING. DMITRY LYSYAKOV'S CREATIVE STYLE
The article is devoted to the multifaceted work of the talented Irkutsk artist Dmitry Pavlovich Lysyakov. It gives the analyses of the artistic principles that he uses to create a portrait - the primary genre in his painting. It also substantiates methods of creating everyday and philosophical symbols of still life and of conveying the psychological nuances of mood. The author considers some significant differences in approaches to painting a landscape, depending on the artist's inner worldview of the country where he currently works which allows him to write an easily recognizable “portrait” of a place.