Elena Korchuganova biography

The vernissage under the curtain of this fall I congratulated myself on the fact that I was among the first spectators of Gorno-Altaysk, who saw the new works of Elena Korchuganova. I saw before the opening of her exhibition that I was preparing to show in a children's art school. Thin, unusually attractive watercolors fascinated. One to one is poetic. I know, and for a long time, that Elena Korchuganova is a watercolor sorceress.

And these sketches are just a miracle. Yes, and they, fortunately, are feminine. Therefore, this picturesque tenderness responded with a special enthusiasm in the heart. I’ll clarify that the exhibition is designated as “pre -professional”. In the sense that the artist leaves the work of the teacher in an art school, which was given for more than twenty years. Leaves without sadness.

In favor of “pure” creativity, which requires freedom with Elena from the Gorno-Altai Art School and the path to painting began. Then there was the Novoaltai State Art School, then-the Leningrad Higher Art and Industry School named after V. Peter-this is its special love. Like flowers. But this summer she painted little flowers. I switched to sketches. Someone said Elena, called them sad.

Sad ... Is it? That's right. What happened during this time of interesting? But - in the absence of trips, life becomes so reassured. The first year without traveling seemed boring to me. Especially summer. And then everything changed. The past summer also did not go anywhere, but at that time I constantly wrote. She left for the city outskirts and wrote there. She began to see what used to seem boring, rustic.

The new exhibition is sketches of this summer only. And I do not put up any work that was written before. I drew flowers very little now. For some reason it was not as interesting to do this as before. But they attracted bridges, willows, heaven, hillocks ... The simplest, as they say, is always the most difficult. The sky is earth - grass, or cloud - mountain - wood, or others, familiar to the eye, relationships.

I feel that I raised the bar quite high for myself.

How will the viewer appreciate my studies? Perhaps this exhibition will seem to someone that did not justify hope. Maybe there will be only curious professionals. I am also ready for this. But it’s nice to make such an exhibition, because you show what is written “for yourself” ... without counting on either the buyer or praise. It happens that the written can be adjusted?

And she does not allow adjustments. It does not give an opportunity, true. But what has happened recently. I sometimes finalize. It happens that you bring a sketch home, look at it ... And you feel sorry for throwing it, and you feel that no one should show either. And so he will lie down. And suddenly, after some time, you begin to see what exactly is valuable in him.

She began to finish these sketches. Still, after a while you begin to take your work differently. I did not do this before. This is another “news” - for itself. And health does not always allow working well. I started to get tired. If you recruit the class again, to work for a full calculation, you need a lot of effort in general, I want to change everything.

Circumstances have developed like that. And then, if you do not leave in time, then there is a habit of working. Therefore, he left so left. And that's it. I do not want a state of habit. This stage is over, you need to start a new one. Completely different. That is, I realized that in life I most of all want two things - to ride and write. And working at school, you lose this opportunity.

The droke bloomed or autumn came - all artists for sketches, and I - for classes. A good day has fallen - fresh snow or leaf fall, you would need to draw here, and you go to lessons. In a word, I had such a dream - to finalize before retirement and become free. I think then will pick up the class, and from it, God will give, a good teacher will turn out.

I feel it. She now even went to the Siberia-XI interregional exhibition in Omsk. She already had several "personnel". Engages in photography. That is, she works constantly and creatively. This exhibition happens once every few years and is considered prestigious. As for those, everything is accepted there - the main thing is that it is relevant and interesting.

56 works went there from the republic - 26 of our artists took part in it. I had such a feeling about these last three years. They are valuable with some internal growth. The more restrictions you have, the more you begin to understand. What to do, what to do ... At this time, nothing to artificially force it. The most valuable in this pause was - work with the last grade that I released this year.

Children are very talented, organized and interesting. God gave such students goodbye. The first time I had a whole class - from the first to the last day. And this is also one of the reasons why I do not want to stay here. The second time, I don’t have enough strength for such a feat. Is it worth working differently? By the end of the 4th grade, we had a feeling of a single creative workshop with children.

Four of them entered the college of culture and want to continue to study further.Each of them determined which genre will be in. And they are very happy, very satisfied that they did. College of Culture and Arts is a unique place. Not all parents decide to send children to other cities after the 9th grade. And in college they can study calmly for four years. They will grow up, and then they can already choose where to move.

There are very good teachers. In fact, I love the road and travel so much that I am ready to use any business trips to just go, see.