Mr. Krokhtokov is a student of Pimen Sofronov the Old Believer Master Iconographer and painters of the  Jordanville School of iconography. He is a classically trained exhibiting painter, and former instructor in figure drawing, and painting. Having studied in Greece, Kyiv Ukraine, Washington, St Petersburg, Paris, Italy, and Great Britain, he painted for many years with Dimitrios Dukas the Master Byzantine Iconographer and Mosaicist and the designer Gleb A. Greitz, as well as the master iconographer Father Theodore Koufos, and Paris Impressionist C.H. Pelletier, whom has informed much of his landscape work. He is a specialist in art conservation and restoration. A recent mural project of “The Paintings of Pompeii” was installed in a Greenwich, CT., pool house with comprehensive faux finishes in adjacent areas. Emergency art disaster mitigation is available 365.