Lyudmila Varlamova

Ludmila Varlamova was  born in Arkhangelsk area, not far from Petrozavodsk, in the old settlement of Sumsky-Posad on the coast of the White Sea. At present she works and lives in Moscow. Her teachers and mentors in life and art were Moscow painters Evgeny Rastorguev and his wife Tamara Guseva, who often came to do sketches in Pomorye. In 1976 she graduated from Moscow regional institute of culture named after N.K. Krupskaya, from the art and graphics department. 

In 1989 she became an active member of Moscow Union of Artists as well as the member of the International Arts Fund. Ludmila Varlamova also joined the Creative Association of Women-Artists of Moscow "Irida". She is a Moscow representative of the French Association named after Anna Yaroslavna attached to UNESCO. 

Since 1994 she has been a permanent participant of large seasonal exhibitions of the “Aquazhivopis" (Aqua-art) Federation. Since 1980s Ludmila Varlamova has regularly taken part in Russian and international collective exhibitions as well as personal art shows. The artist has organized several personal exhibitions in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Rome, France, Prague, Cameroon, Lithuania and USA. She is the prize winner of the following exhibitions: “Spring Salon Moscow", 1998;“Spring Salon Moscow" 1999;Ville St. Benoit Gallery. Exhibition and contest. France, 1999. 

Ludmila Varlamova's artworks are presented in private collections both in Russia and abroad. Ludmila Varlamova does art, graphics, creates collages, sketches for painting applied arts objects. She prefers working with oil, gouache, acryl, but she is especially fond of watercolors and pastel. She experiments bravely with various techniques and trends; at the moment she is engaged in creating  monotypies (monotypy is a  type of printmaking; the technique of creating a unique print  consists of  drawing or painting images on a smooth surface which are then transferred to a sheet of paper). 

She likes using mixed techniques combining different materials, shapes, textures, methods, thus producing extraordinary, exquisite and stylish things. Ludmila works in various genres including landscape, still life, portrait, composition, which can also be abstract. Another peculiarity of her creative activity is the variety of topics which frequently grow into whole series of artworks. Just a few of them include carnival, music, dance, theater, unusual life situations; a special place is given to women's images. 

The artist does not concentrate on some particular area, she is always on the move and exists in several parallel imaginary realities, that's why she changes her themes, palettes, methods and techniques so often. Ludmila pays a lot of attention to plein-air painting. 

The images of her landscapes are constantly refreshed following the impressions from various trips across the country and abroad. In her artworks you can find the Volga landscapes, the sights of Prague, Italy, Lithuania, France and USA. The artist's work is filled with subtle nuances and bright tints of an extremely cheerful palette.