Julia Kuzina works in the style of imaginary realism, she paints with oil on canvas. Participant of many exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Member of Creative Union of Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts and Artists Trade Union of Russia.
Her paintings are in private collections in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Taiwan, Australia and Russia.
Julia has been painting since childhood, like most artists, but never thought of it as a profession. Quitting her work in marketing, devoted herself entirely to creativity in 2014.
Julia's paintings tell stories, in which the world of emotions is embodied in surreal images and reveals the themes of the relationship between man and nature.

WORKS
SECRET DOOR
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
My world has been torn apart. Now there is water everywhere, but everyone has forgotten how it used to be. I dived into the ocean of my memories to find the Forest of a thousand doors. There grew my favorite tree. I used to climb on it as a child and listen to the stories of the old octopus. The forest is no longer there, all the trees are swimming separately. I grew a jellyfish, now I swim fast and very beautiful. Sorry no one can see. My jellyfish collected a few stars to make the keys out of their dust. They ring melodiously when I move. Familiar melody. At last I found a tree. The old octopus smiled wearily. «How good is it that you caught the moon. Have you kept the secret of the tiny door?» I found a keyhole. A suitable key volunteered to open the door and swam to it. I pressed my ear to my familiar skin and listened to the stars chirping inside. I remembered listening to their sonatas on warm summer nights. They smelled like raspberries. I put my hand deeper and felt an old friend hold my hand. I was covered in a wave of peace. The sunlight pierced everything.
SOLD
I SEE YOU
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
This bird is the guardian of justice. The planets revolve around it. It finds evil and devours it.
FORGET-ME-NOT
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
This bird looks like fireworks in the night sky, but falls to pieces. Recent studies have shown that when a fireworks display occurs near a wild bird roost, the birds panic, which can lead to huge numbers of deaths, usually because these birds run into solid objects that they cannot see. The explosions may cause birds to take off en masse for prolonged periods of time and to use up vital energy reserves needed for survival. Dedicated to all birds affected by fireworks.
FOREST BANDIT
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
This little bird is part of the forest. It knows how to hide. It uses a big needle as a sword to hunt bugs.
TRICK OR TREAT
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
The bird invited the girl to play Trick or treat and will soon feed her a caterpillar.
VAMPIRE
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
The vampire bird is waiting for the sun to hide behind the horizon so it can go hunting.
FAMILIAR
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
Inspired by the familiars - were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. In my painting, the witch’s soul moved into her familiar - the bird. Now the bird is a witch. She is sitting on the skeleton hand of her former body. She cannot live without her ruby ring and now wears it oh her neck. To see in the dark, she holds candles on her head.
BLIND HUNTER
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
The blind bird hunts for eyes in the hope of finding sight.
CHUPACABRA BIRD
Oil, canvas
Year: 2022
Inspired by the chupacabra - a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas. The name comes from the animal's reported vampirism—the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. It is purportedly a heavy creature the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. My chupacabra bird has a collar with spikes, scales and a long beak to drink blood.
FREE MY BIRDS
Oil, canvas
Year: 11.2021
I let the sunlight in here, this is new to me, the color palette is also a little new. Desert landscape, the girl is lying in a broken egg, white birds are flying out of her belly, but one of the birds is blue, this is for luck. Why do birds fly out of her? Why is something coming out of creatures of my paintings, I didn’t fully understand. I'll tell you when I figure it out. So far, it seems that this is the desire to share what I have.
MR. PINEAPPLE AT SUNSET
Oil, canvas
Year: 11.2021
Mister Pineapple is an artist's plant. It was grown from the top of Thai pineapple. In nature, pineapples bear fruit in a year, but Mister pineapple is already 5 years old, apparently, he doesn't like the climate of St. Petersburg. This painting is inspired by its shadow at sunset. It has a red border.
BIRDS
Oil, canvas
Year: 07.2021
The blindfolded bird is screaming something in the girl's ear. The girl's face expresses fear. She has a ring on her hand, the same as for bird ringing. There are scratches inside the cage: someone was counting the days to get out of it. Perhaps the girl was a bird and languished in a cage. She escaped, but she must lock the bird up instead of her. She has caught the bird, but the blind bird told her a terrible secret. The bird is blindfolded, but it can see more than a girl.
THE COLLECTOR
Oil, canvas
Year: 03.2021
This refers to the collector of butterflies. We see a bait (the flower) and prey (the butterfly) here.
LYING AMONG THE GIANT IRISES
Oil, canvas
Year: 12.2020
Lying among the giant irises on one of those long summer days when the sun meets the moon. 23,6x23,6 inches
HEDGEHOG
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
HOW ARE YOU, MR MOON?
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
-How are you, Mr Moon?
-Without you, Sunny, I'm just a piece of stone.
LOVE
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 10.2020
DO NOT SHOOT THE DEER
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
RAT
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 10.2020
The rat is eating red bubbles. She collects the shards of the destroyed and creates a new life. Life goes on.
I’M A BEE
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
Memories of summer
INNER LIGHT
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
Girl underwater surrounded by bubbles with fire.
WEREWOLF
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
I’M RAIN
Oil, canvas
Year: 10.2020
PROPOSAL
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
Branches-arms with thorns, an albino bird, a levitating egg, a little magic and a play of light and shadow.
JUGGLER
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
A bird with human legs juggles a bubble with a green leaf. In this red and white world, a green leaf is like a shard of a past life or the birth of a new one.
RED FOX LYING ON A WHITE GROUND
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
Red beads are sewn on the canvas. The image and its perception vary depending on the lighting. I am attracted by the play of light and shadow. The arrangement of the beads is the text Red fox lying on a white ground in Braille.
WHITE RABBIT LYING ON A RED GROUND
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
Red beads are sewn on the canvas. The image and its perception vary depending on the lighting. I am attracted by the play of light and shadow. The arrangement of the beads is the text White rabbit lying on a red ground in Braille.
DO NOT SHOOT
Oil, canvas
Year: 06.2020
Сontinuation of the deer-girl's story. In response to all that's happening in the world. illustrates the fragility of humans, nature, and our world.
FOX
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
New painting from Shards series. These are parts of the universe where my characters live. Red beads are sewn on the canvas. It’s like a frozen moment in anticipation of destruction, causes conflicting sense of peace and anxiety.
SOLD
RABBIT
Oil, canvas, beads
Year of creation: 2020
New painting from Shards series. These are parts of the universe where my characters live. Red beads are sewn on the canvas. It’s like a frozen moment in anticipation of destruction, causes conflicting sense of peace and anxiety.
SOLD
DO NOT SHOOT THE DEER
Oil, canvas
Year: 02.2020
A story of how cranberries appeared.
KINDNESS
Oil, canvas
Year: 12.2019
The moment when time stopped. The moment between kindness and something else.
I LOVE MY FLOWERS
Oil, canvas
Year: 12.2019
A story about a kitty-girl and her planted baby-rats. The cat has sharp teeth and long claws.
The painting was exhibited in the USA and was lost on the way back to Russia in August 2021. We don't know if it still exists in the physical world. So I minted it as NFT.
I can paint a copy of this painting if you like it.
APPLE TREE
Oil, canvas
Year: 11.2019
Once I planted an apple seed... The story is about the connection between human and nature.
The painting was exhibited in the USA and was lost on the way back to Russia in August 2021. We don't know if it still exists in the physical world. So I minted it as NFT.
I can paint a copy of this painting if you like it.
LADY WITH AN ARMADILLO
Oil, canvas
Year: 11.2019
Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci.
MERMAID
Oil, canvas
Year: 09.2019
Sometimes mermaid is awakened from her dreams.
DREAMING MERMAID
Oil, canvas
Year: 09.2019
Mermaid is dancing with octopus and dreaming. This piece took part in Mermaid Art Show in La Bogeda Gallery.
CAT’S CRADLE
Oil, canvas
Year: 05.2019
The story in which the cat tells about her secrets.
KEEPER
Oil, canvas
Year: 05.2019
The story in which we were not told who would appear from the chrysalis.
WINGS
Oil, canvas
Year: 04.2019
The story about broken wings and broken people.
SWAMP
Oil, canvas
Year: 09.2018
The story about the girl and the swamp that she created.
LOOP
Oil, canvas
Year: 09.2018
The story about the relationships between humans and nature.
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
Oil, canvas
Year: 02.2018
The story about the origin of life in the universe full of water. Girl underwater inflates bubbles in which embryos emerge from space. Bubbles fly away, but fish tries to eat them
WINTER
Oil, canvas
Year: 2017
The story of how white caterpillars ate all the leaves of roses and winter has started.
SECRET
Oil, canvas
Year: 2017
The secret story about the girl who would have to become an orchid.
SCREAM
Oil, canvas
Year: 2017
The story that took place somewhere where no one heard about it.
DON’T WATCH
Oil, canvas
Year: 2017
The story about the girl who had to see what she didn't want.
STABILITY
Oil, canvas
Year: 2017
The story about the ephemerality of stability.
GIRL
Oil, linen
Year: 07.2015
The sad girl with piercing eyes. Originally conceived as a sketch for the painting "Girl with fish." It marked the beginning of “Girl” series and gave a new direction for my further work.
ATTACHMENT
Oil, linen
Year: 09.2016
The story about attachment.
CHOKER
Oil, linen
Year: 11.2016
The story that took place somewhere underwater.
GIRL WITH A WREATH OF WILD ROSES
Oil, linen
Year: 08.2016
The story that took place in summer.
THE PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Oil, linen
Year: 11.2016
A story in which one fairy tale ended, but the new one has started.
GIRL WITH FISH
Oil, linen
Year: 2016
The story about the friendship between the girl and the fish in which it does not matter to the fish that a girl is a girl and to the girl, that a fish is a fish.
STILL LIFE WITH UNICORN’S SKULL
How to store oil painting
- Ideally, it is necessary to maintain a room temperature of 18-22 ° C, humidity from 40 to 70% and illumination up to 150 lux. Oil painting is extremely sensitive to temperature differences and drafts. At the same time, oil paintings need good ventilation.
- Do not allow direct sunlight to enter the canvas.
- Do not place in close proximity to air conditioners and heaters.
- Incandescent bulbs with a power of 100 watts and equivalent energy-saving lamps should place it at a distance of a meter or more from the picture.
- Do not touch the canvas with your hands.
- As an additional protection of the purchase, you can enclose a colorful layer under the glass, leaving a gap of 5-8 mm. Ordinary cardboard will help protect the canvas from behind.
- You can fight dust with a clean cloth made of flannel or velvet, moving it in one direction. The movements should be light, no need to press on the surface of the canvas. After cleaning the canvas from the front side, do not forget about the reverse. Instead of fabric , you can use a fleitz — a wide flat brush with soft bristles.
- To remove heavy dirt or if you have any doubts that you if you can clean the painting without damaging it, contact a professional restorer. He will return the oil painting to its original appearance.
- It happens that the canvas sags over time. In the case of a modular subframe, you can to fix the flaw on your own — carefully knock out the wedges. With a blind stretcher for you they will help in the baguette workshop.