She always called him kind, extraordinary, and exalted; evidently he did not seem to her what he really was, and so he could not help deceiving her... Vadim Kovalev demonstrates in his art an intriguing synthesis of the language of modern pop culture and traditional painting. Elements of surrealism in Kovalev's painting alternate with sentimental sensuality, dressed in an effective and skillful language of painting. His paintings create a visually powerful narrative that attracts the viewer of the digital age and reveals some of the unknown aspects of modern culture. He impresses with stylistic diversity and the ability to move freely in the signs and techniques of painting. Undoubtedly, he is a romantic, because the world he depicts does not exist and never existed, it is an escape inherent in romanticism on the self-created space of the mind, the search for the subconscious ideal.