Alexander Volkov

"There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness."
Alexander Volkov was born in St. Petersburg, (then Leningrad), Russia in 1960. he started painting with oil as a high school student. From the age of 7 to 17 he attended a special English school, and in 1986 graduated from the Department of Physics at Leningrad State University. Following graduation, Alexander worked as an animator at Leningrad Studio of Science Films and later as a stage artist in a small Leningrad theatre.

In 1981 he began to exhibit his paintings with a group of 200 Leningrad artists known as the "Brotherhood of Experimental Arts," a conglomeration of "underground" arts groups active in Leningrad at the time. Later , he joined a splinter group called "Ostrov" or "island" which united 30 artists who felt that, ideologically , their work was neither socialist realism nor extreme avant garde.

Since moving to the U.S. in 1990, he has worked as a teacher and exhibited his paintings at Princeton and Lambertville, New Jersey, New Hope and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Carmel, Laguna Beach and San Francisco, California, and Park City, Utah. Alexander's paintings have also been exhibited in Russia, Sweden, Germany and Finland.

Combining a lifelong fascination with architecture, landscape and still- life subjects, Alexander brings drama and poetic expression into his work. With his unique vision, he merges mood and atmosphere, evoking powerful images that create harmony.

"There is no greater mystery to me than the conflict of light and dark. In the way they clash and penetrate each other, there is the source of everything. Whether I paint a landscape, a still- life or a portrait, within it there is always a story of light traveling through darkness."

Alexander now lives in Holland Township, New Jersey, with his wife, Barbara, and their three children, Alice, Peter and Nicholas.

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The Parting Gift giclee on canvas, 44 x 32" edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced proofs AP EDITION SOLD OUT
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Aspen September giclee on canvas, 32 x 50" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	A Moment of Dusk giclee on canvas, 30 x 46" edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced APs APs SOLD OUT	Secret Window giclee on canvas, 32 x 40" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs
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An Evening Conversation giclee on canvas, 34 x 24" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Aspens giclee on canvas, 31 x 48" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	A Long Day's Journey Into Night giclee on canvas, 32 x 48" edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced APs APs SOLD OUT
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Day's End giclee on canvas, 30 x 44" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Promise of Spring giclee on canvas, 38 x 28" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Blue Grass Moon oil, 24 x 38"
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Late Coming of Spring giclee on canvas, 34 x 24" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Westward Bound giclee on canvas, 40 x 30" edition of 195 +20 artist enhanced APs	Maui Skies giclee on canvas, 31 x 48" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs
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Birth of Spring 34 x 48" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Frozen Pond 33 x 48" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Night River giclee on canvas, 29 x 44" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs

Returning Home 32 x 48" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 enhanced A/Ps A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Beyond the Turning 32 x 47" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 enhanced APs A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Rainy Day 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 APs A/P EDITION SOLD OUT
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California Oaks 33 x 48" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas, framed *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs *ONE LEFT! SOLD OUT AT PUBLISHER.	Brothers 28 x 40" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	March Snow 36 x 48" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs
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Frozen Creek 27 x 42" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Fall Creek 40 x 30" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Farewell to March 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs

December Nightfall 30 x 42" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 enhanced A/Ps A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Maples giclee on canvas, 48 x 32" COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	December Morning oil on canvas, 29 x 37" 35 x 43" including frame
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After The Storm 30 x 48" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced A/P's *A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Winter Window 34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 enhanced APs A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Pacific Moon 32 x 48 s/n enhanced giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs
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Autumn Window 34 x 24" s/n enhanced giclee in canvas edition of 195 + 20 A/Ps A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	The First Violin s/n enhanced giclee on canvas **COLLECTORS' EDITION** limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Alice's Summer 34 x 24 "s/n enhanced giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 A/P's A/P EDITION SOLD OUT
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The Crossing 30 x 40 s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced A/Ps	Midsummer Night's Moon 40 x 25" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas edition of 195 +20 A/Ps	An Evening with Shakespeare giclee, 34 x 24" edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced APs

The Breathing of March 28 x 40" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Indian Territory 26 x 52" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs SOLD OUT	Lilac Window 40 x 25"s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs SOLD OUT
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March Shadows giclee on canvss, 30 x 40" *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Evening Light 24 x 40" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Gothic Woods 28 x 48" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs
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April Thunder 34 x 24 "s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 +20 artist enhanced A/P's A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	Red Rock Sunset 28 x 44" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION* limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs	Harvest Moon 24 x 38" s/n giclee on canvas *COLLECTORS' EDITION limited to 25 artist enhanced proofs

Night Pond s/n giclee on canvas 28 x 42, edition of 195 +20 enhanced A/P's 40 x 60" edition of 95 +20 enhanced A/P's A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	The Old Divide s/n giclee on canvas edition of 195 +20 artist enhanced A/P's	Fading Light s/n giclee on canvas, 30 x 40" edition of 195 +20 artist enhanced APs A/P EDITION SOLD OUT
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Winter Evening s/n giclee edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced A/P's A/P EDITION SOLD OUT	The Neverending Way Home s/n giclee, 28 x 43" edition of 195 + 20 artist enhanced A/Ps A/P EDITION SOLD OUT

THE NEVERENDING WAY HOME
A Collectors' Book
Images and insights by artist Alexander Volkov.
Hardcover, 112 pp.
Introduction by David French
Text by Alexander Volkov.

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