All the beauty of the artist's soul is revealed in his works. They, like a mirror, reflect the inner world of the man of art, allowing you to understand his attitude.

It is worth highlighting the genre of urban landscape. D. Balakhonov depicts mysterious foggy city streets and squares. The combination of evening haze and soft light of street lamps is especially intriguing.

He graduated from Art College named after Larin (Bobruisk). In 1991 he finished his military service, and until 1998 he lived abroad in the Mediterranean sea. All this time did not leave painting, continued to study privately held masters of painting. It was during this period that the formation of the marine painter took place. The artist pays special attention to seascapes and subjects of life at sea. He prefers to work in multi-layer painting technique, as did the old German masters. Member of the Russian Association of marine painters. Constant participant of various art venues held in the former Soviet Union, in the cities of St. Petersburg, Rostov, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, etc.

Permanent exhibition at RakovGallery in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.