Art of painting suggests a unique chance to reflect through the physical medium the insight, sensitivity that is sometimes beyond words. Having always been moved by the great art of the Renaissance, Irina has her special love for representational art and tries to embrace its best features when speaking the traditional language with a gentle approach to modern time. She is attracted to the way the light creates our vision and perception of the world and aware of the endlessly alive energy within the form when trying to express that invisible presence of life essence in her paintings. In this regard Irina finds 'light and shadow' way of chiaroscuro the best and universal to convey in her work eternal leitmotif of beauty and enigma of life.