Svitlana and Yulia
oil on panel, 20×30 cm, 2010
It was a first round of presidential election yesterday in Ukraine. As a coincidence I just finished a portrait of the fabulous Ukrainian journalist and writer Svitlana Pyrkalo. She is holding here an issue of Elle magazine with Yulia Tymoshenko – presidential hopeful in the second election round – on the cover. And there is the braided hairstyle reference.

January 19th, 2010 at 5:49 am
time flies! I remember going with you to the ukranian embassy in georgetown in the previous one and we talked about Yulia running next… and here it is!