Alexander Timofeev

Alexander Timofeev

Russian-born painter creating cinematic and noir-inspired scenes of desire, tension, betrayal and emotional depth.

Timofeev composes his paintings like film stills, capturing fractured emotional moments shaped by chiaroscuro and narrative suspense.

Figures emerge from shadow, illuminated by charged light that freezes them between longing and danger. His scenes feel intimate yet unsettling, stories held motionless at their most fragile turning point. By merging oil painting with photogravure, he transforms personal narratives into universal psychological icons that hover between dream, memory and confession.

Style & Themes

Cinematic realism with noir tension, seduction, betrayal, emotional fracture, longing, vulnerability and psychological atmosphere.

Technique

Large-scale oil painting combined with photogravure, dramatic chiaroscuro, layered shadow and cinematic spatial treatment.