Magzoid Magazine - Luxury Magazine in the Creative Space | April 2022

“I want to encourage people to be more creative and share the joy that
can be found in the process through my paintings,” says Evgeny Potapkin
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Evgeny (JackPot) Potapkin
is an artist who mainly
focuses on portraits.
His primary and favorite
medium is oil paints and
most of his artworks are created
without drawing. Working in a
variety of styles, from basic stains
(spots) to detailed portraits, he
documents the entire process with
video and audio commentary.
The main motive behind his
paintings is to encourage people
to be more creative and share the
joy that can be found in the
process. He believes people
choose professions based
on the reputation and the
ability to earn a lot of money
rather than focus on their
interests and passion. Evgeny
earned his bachelor's
degree in automotive
engineering
and went on to
work as a road
infrastructure
designer before
His ambition is to improve
his memory to the point
where he can paint people's
strongest, often fleeting
emotions from memory,
combine abstraction and
portraiture so that when a
person looks at his work,
he feels everything he
wants to say
realizing he was in
the wrong place. He
was strolling down the
street one lovely spring
morning when all of
a sudden, out
of nowhere,
a powerful
flood of
pictures of
gorgeous
faces painted in oil came to him.
This filled him with such joy that
tears welled up in his eyes; he was
overjoyed by what he saw, and he
no longer had any doubts about
what he desired.
Eventually he got back to drawing
again, initially with a simple pencil
and then with colored pencils,
gradually progressing to what he
currently possesses. Following that
encounter, he began experiencing
more and more miracles, which
increasingly directed and
convinced him, both then and now,
that he was on the right track.
His ambition is to improve his
memory to the point where he can
paint people's strongest, often
fleeting emotions from memory,
combine abstraction and portraiture
so that when a person looks at his
work, he feels everything he wants
to say, and, of course, share his
knowledge and skills with anyone
who is interested.
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