"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"
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A Moment of Dusk
giclee on canvas, 30 x 46"
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Secret Window
giclee on canvas, 32 x 40"
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An Evening Conversation
giclee on canvas, 34 x 24"
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Promise of Spring
giclee on canvas, 38 x 28"
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A Long Day's Journey 
Into Night
giclee on canvas, 32 x 48"
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Birth of Spring
34 x 48" s/n enhanced giclee on canvas
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Blue Grass Moon
oil, 24 x 38"

Night River
giclee on canvas, 29 x 44"
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Returning Home
32 x 48" s/n giclee on canvas
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Beyond the Turning
32 x 47" s/n giclee on canvas
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Rainy Day
34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas
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December Nightfall
30 x 42" s/n giclee on canvas
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Maples
giclee on canvas, 48 x 32"
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December Morning
 oil on canvas, 29 x 37"
35 x 43" including frame

After The Storm
30 x 48" s/n giclee on canvas
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Winter Window
34 x 24" s/n giclee on canvas
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The Crossing
30 x 40 s/n giclee on canvas
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March Shadows
giclee on canvss, 30 x 40"
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April Thunder
34 x 24 "s/n giclee on canvas
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Night Pond
s/n giclee on canvas
28 x 42, edition of 195 
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40 x 60" edition of 95
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