«Florian mosaic is a painting technique that uses only glue and pieces of leaves of various trees and blades of grass. There is not a single stroke of paint, not a single pencil stroke. These paintings are painted with leaves, and not just skillfully made up of natural improvised material, as is customary in applied floristry

This technique was invented and given its name by the artist Yurkov Alexander Nikolaevich. For twenty-six years of work in this technique, Alexander Nikolaevich has created more than a hundred such canvases. It would seem that the material Yurkov turned to would limit him by dictating certain subjects — for example, landscapes of autumn. But, fortunately, this is not happening. Alexander Nikolaevich, a magnificent landscape and portrait painter, is able to infinitely expand the plot possibilities of his “paints”. The subtlest range of shades can be conveyed in his paintings and the coolness of an iridescent forest stream, and the novelty of the first snowfall, and recognizable facial features of a loved one, a loved one.

Let's add that the work of florists is fantastically time-consuming....»

«Pond in Boldino»

«Past the temple»

The «Troika»

«Yurkov Alexander Nikolaevich is an artist (screenwriter, painting, graphics, props, Florian mosaic), a member of the STD of the Russian Federation since 1959, chairman of the section of set designers of the Nizhny Novgorod organization of the STD of the Russian Federation.

He was born on April 10, 1935 in the village of Sukhoi Log, Tomsk region. He graduated from the art school in Krasnoyarsk (1953) and the College of Arts (1965). Since 1951 he worked as a production designer in drama theaters in Krasnoyarsk, Kansk, Krasnodar and other cities. He designed performances in theaters in Leningrad and Moscow. From 1976 to 1986, he was the chief artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky, lives and works in Nizhny Novgorod. Alexander Nikolaevich Yurkov is the author of more than 200 scenic projects. An active participant in exhibitions and festivals of applied art. » Art critic Marsheeva I.V.