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My dad used to be a forest manager, taking care of the woods in the area. For every tree he cut down he planted ten  young ones in the spring. Felt like painting this today, in anticipation of this season to finish soon.

oil on panel 15×15 cm

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More bits on Ukrainian art – cinema about art to be specific. According to sumno.com “Cityscape” (Міський пейзаж) is  nice movie about love, art and most importantly set in magnificent Kyiv. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm, on Etsy

This little coffee place in the basement of Prorizna and Pushkinska also has a well stocked bookshop. Loved browsing there one day when I snapped this image. The choise to paint the model from the back and instead going into detail with the books on the shelves stems from trying to depict how one can get lost in the bookshop.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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This is the third take on the traffic scene from Sevastopolsky bridge in Kyiv. My dad just visited here in London and when I called to see if he got home all right, first thing that came up: going though traffic in Kyiv took more time then the Kyiv-London flight! This bridge is one of the most notorious places known for it’s jams.

Kyiv art scene update: go visit Art-Kyiv at the Ukrainian house until  8th Nov. Over top 40 galleries represent their best goods on 5 floors of the former Lenin museum at the very top of Khrescahtyk.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD

This image came across for me on the Kyiv Lavra grounds, by the museum of jewelry there. The fountains are quite old and magnificent looking, and provide for a great meditation background, for pigeons and people alike. Besides the magnificent secular art.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD

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Soul-warming traditional tea in a metal tea glass holder is a must when on the train. The designs on those pretty antique (from the 60s) glass holders are of some kind of trains and rail station reliefs. I suppose this is one of the first brands we got used to when growing up, the format of serving this tea was uniform all across USSR. Always lots of sugar was provided with it, sometimes lemon but never milk.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD

This is an interior of St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv. I liked the contrast between the view of the tourist – architecture appreciator (my dear friend Stephanie) and the babushka in the background who is fixing the candle stand.  The cathedral happens to have some of the most renowned frescoes in the country.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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The orchard on the bee farm produces now steady crops of apples among other things. This year was not too rich, but enough to fill this nice basket.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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This is an observation from my daily Kyiv life (from last winter, actually).  The lovely ladies of International Women’s Club of Kyiv (well, those who had babies obviously) met up sometimes at the Kaiser Cafe at the Premier Palace for a play session and a chat. I purposefully chose for the pucture overly bright colors to make it more “baby-friendly”.

There is an interesting movie for all the women artists out there: Who Does She Thinks She Is (via FreelanceSwitch)

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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This is an image from my friend’s wedding, when she was standing with her back to the girls and throwing the bouquet to them.  The lights and camera flashes made he whole scene a bit surreal.

Recently saw:

I have mentioned Lisa Hirst’s art before, he is one of the most outstanding daily painters in the blogsphere. Recently she has put out a triptych of her home interior that I could not pass on without mentioning.

While hanging around East London, finally popped in the Rochelle school – it’s a very cool exhibition, artists’ studio space  with a nice canteen, located right on Arnold Circus.