Hello, and welcome

I began drawing many years ago, while working as an art director in publishing houses and advertising agencies.
Today, I draw sea creatures, birds, houses, buildings, and architecture – almost exclusively by commission.

My style is my own: each illustration is created with cuttlefish ink and antique dip pens, lending every line a sense of time and quiet depth.

I cannot imagine my life without coffee – its dark aroma has become both my ritual and my lens through which I observe the world. Nor without fish – not only as food, but as a symbol of silence, grace, and the hidden beauty of the sea. These twin passions breathe into my work a mixture of wakefulness and contemplation, of vitality and stillness.

So if there’s a house, a pet, a car, a street, or a view you hold close to your heart – I’ll do my best to capture it, and to reveal its soul on paper.

Yegor KATAYEV
Toulon