Yelena Bryksenkova

We spoke with painter and illustrator Yelena Bryksenkova about travel, the beauty of coziness, and making art just for oneself.

Q S+H: Your work beautifully captures people, majorly women, in everyday moments: brushing their hair, walking the dog, or decorating for the holidays. What inspires you to focus on quotidian subjects versus more fantastical scenes? BRYKSENKOVA: I find joy in elevating the mundane in my everyday life, whether it’s by taking the extra effort to do a simple task well, or being thoughtful about the objects with which I choose to surround myself. I get a sense of satisfaction from capturing that feeling in my work, especially on such a tiny scale (a typical painting of mine is 5x6”). There is a lot of beauty in the everyday; elevating it through painting is how I delight in the small things as well as process deeper and more complex emotions. You were born…

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