Andrey Alekseevich Shishkin, born in 1960, was born and raised in Moscow. He has been painting since the age of fifteen and works as an artist in a private studio. His primary artistic focus is portraiture, historical painting, and genre painting. His paintings possess great energy, depth, and expressiveness. He works in a realistic style, rooted in the traditions of academic painting. Slavic history, pagan polytheism, epics, and fairy tales occupy a special place in his work. This ancient world in his paintings is more than just a reconstruction of images; they convey profound symbolic meaning, imbued with a profound respect for the country's history and a quiet, genuine patriotism.