For Alexei Shalaev, chocolate boxes are just canvas for future beautiful landscape and city architecture paintings. Alexei Shalaev is a 46 year-old Moscow based artist. In addition, the artist works equally well in different genres. But still, the favorite theme is the urban landscape. Recreating the look of old Moscow, its streets and buildings, Alexei Shalaev relies on knowledge of the history and architecture of the city. Looking at the beautiful paintings of Alexey Shalaev, you get into the vintage world of the past. The artist’s works are in the collections of different Moscow organizations and galleries of contemporary art, including the USA, Hong Kong, and some other countries.