Maria Molchanova was born in 1980, Kirovsk, Murmansk region. She has been involved in various creative activities since early childhood. Recently she has become seriously interested in painting.Education: Studied under the direction of Elena Ignatieva and Natalia Yurshina.Maria's creativity is dominated by paintings, using textured pastes, acrylics, gold and silver materials.Artist statement:"I create the Universe and the Universe, flowing through me, gives me freedom. The freedom to create and live without a convention, to live in contemplation of the World, to create and be filled with the primordial energy. I love working with different consistencies of texture pastes, acrylics, gold and silver materials.