The first lessons of fine art has received in youth from the artist V.P.Bugaev.

With 1983 for 1988 - study in KEBI at architectural faculty.

Love to a nature and enthusiasm for culture north american indians have inspired of the artist V.Mushyk on creation of a series of pictures in style Woodland under the common name "The Wood Earth". The desire to represent and to show the world of an alive nature filled by spiritual essence and vital force, promoted his reference to "exotic" style of painting Woodland (Wood Earth), created Norval Morrisseau, indian artist and narrator from tribe Odgibva, member of the Canadian Royal Academy of Arts in 60 years of the last century.

The pictures in style Woodland are images assisting to concentrate on spiritual forces.

Cycle of works narrate about eternal harmony of an alive nature uniting beginnings giving life all alive - about Sun, Mother-Earth, interrelation and interosculation of the various forms of life.

The symbolics of pictures promotes " x-ray vision " the images.

" With the help of symbols I aspired to show that is felt and contains inside different alive essences - certain spiritual essence, sources of forces of life ", - the author of pictures V.Mushyk speaks.

Symbol "Sun" - inexhaustible livecarried a source having by spiritual and physical force the Earth and her inhabitants. The symbol "heart" is a spirit, soul, source of vital force inside each alive essence. " The Red string " is a string of life, which connects the world of plants and animals, world of the people among themselves and to a source of life - Sun.

Life-asserting contents of pictures is emphasized by prevalence of "warm" paints in a background, "summer" bright colours in the images, and also in the names of works.