She works in oil and prefers a palette knife to a brush. The knife lays the paint down in thick, direct strokes and does not allow much fuss or reworking, which is what gives the surfaces so much energy.

Born in Ukraine in 1978, Iryna trained at Lugansk Art College and moved to England in 2005. She has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the London Art Fair and the Chianciano Biennale in Tuscany, and is represented by nine galleries internationally.

She lives and works in Dorset.