Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts, Honorary Artist of Russia, laureate of the international prize “Art du Pastel en France”, multiple laureate of the largest art competition in Europe “Art. Excellence. Awards“.

Sergey Vladimirovich Bakin is a famous contemporary artist working in oil and pastel techniques. The master's paintings are in museums and private collections, he is an honorary artist of Russia, a corresponding member of the International Academy of Modern Arts, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, the Professional Union of Artists of Russia, a member of the French Society of Pastel Artists, since 2020 - a member of the Union of Pastel Artists of Russia (pastelsociety.ru) and the Union of Pastel Artists Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada. The style of S.V. Bakin's work was formed under the influence of the twists of fate and acquired experience, he is recognized as a master of line and spot, tonal painting, a wonderful graphic artist and a modern follower of the sensual impressionistic trend in painting.

According to art historians, the influence of the old Dutch, Venetians, and 19th century French can be discerned in Sergey's works. The painting style of the Spanish school and the graphics of the Germans are very close to Sergey. The ghostly landscapes and silhouettes pay tribute to the impressionist and expressionist movements in painting. At the same time, the artist has adopted the influence of impressionism in his own original interpretation, supplemented by nuances of color and previously unseen psychologism.

The artist has a virtuoso sensual line. His pictorial palette, despite its apparent monochrome, is extremely refined and saturated with the finest shades of color. The master's landscapes are distinguished by magnificent plasticity and richness of forms. The main advantage of his canvases is their restrained harmony. Despite the closeness of the themes with the works of Pissarro and Utrillo, Bakin solves his urban landscapes in his own way. Unlike his predecessors, the artist avoids open color, naturalness in coloring. Creating canvases that seem to be monochrome in coloring, he subtly varies many shades of light tones, compacting the entire canvas with a drawing. Through the muddy imposition of "disorderly" brushstrokes, one can guess the protruding walls, domes, tree trunks - all this, as if by magic, is built into a rich urban landscape. The pictorial structure of Bakin's paintings is light and bright, but his landscapes are extremely "material", dense and textured. The artist's paintings are distinguished by the fullness of generalizations. With one line, devoid of any tricks, he conveys the pose of a figure, character, mood: now the ingratiating pose of a man, now the light movement of a dancer. In these compositions, he works with large color spots brought to pure color, emphasizing the pale spots - faces. Bakin's images are full of inner expression and, at times, deep tragedy. The intense vibration of color, lines, fractures of silhouettes - all this is the "pulsation" of life, shrouded in a nostalgic haze of the enchanting and languid beauty of art. Bakin, an artist and a man, is immersed in the flow of everyday life, the complex life of a large, diverse city full of contrasts, a former magnificent, and now fading capital. The painter is not shy about being simple in his complex and beautiful painting.