My contemporary artist is Artem Chebokha, an impressionist/surrealist painter who typically uses scenes from nature to construct his paintings. Unfortunately he doesn’t tend to release a lot of information about himself, other than the fact that he comes from Southwestern Siberia, which likely was a heavy influence on him to create so many nature-themed paintings. He tends to post his paintings without much description, leaving the meaning of the image up to the interpretation of the viewer. I personally love how much detail and color is put into every single one of his paintings, and the imagination that he uses to warp clouds into completely new shapes and ideas. I believe that he uses his artwork to help spread a sort of wonder for nature, and is trying to get viewers to become more interested in the nature around them, as he is. Of course, that may just be me. He really inspires me to think along these same lines though.