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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 an interior of an old apothecary situated at the bottom of Andriyivsky uzviz in Podil. It’s still functioning, selling all kinds of nice organic things, soaps and potions. Some rooms in it function as a museum. This was one of them. I would not have minded to have a study looking like this.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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I used to live in a building on this corner for two years. It’s quite busy and offers great scene for daily observations. I have tons of sketches of people there, all done from my apartment window. This little oil is of a snowy late night, and of the stop lights reflecting itself onto the pavement, trees and the road… The winter is coming soon.

Copic marker and pen sketches , A4 format 130 lb paper

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Just sent out a few of my drawings to the mini-exhibit at the Nebesa boutique in Kyiv for the Moleskine in Ukraine project. The exhibit is to take place h at Nebesa boutique on Podil ( on Mezhygirska 9) opening tomorrow night.

From Kyiv:

Sarah reports loads of new and amazing stuff accumulated in the back rooms of the Zeh gallery that she trove for hours thanks for the generosity of the owner Oleksandr.  We are both sharing our regret of not investing into Yuri Pikul’s paintings from last year, which by now rose 7 times in price.

2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm

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This is a bit of a childish rendition of a great idea.  Love the trams – those super slow public transport thingies in Kyiv that crawl slow-slow along the old streets. Number 15 goes from Ploscha Peremogy to Podil.   With our fascination with trains, we had to take this one just for the kicks, although it takes twice less time to just walk to Podil from our old place.

2008 oil on gessoed board 15×15 cm

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Kyiv 2008 oil on gessoed board 15×15 cm

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She looked really cold, wayting for her ride; in some ways still maintainting her Kyiv glamour.

2008 oil on hardboard 15×15 cm

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More impressions from the opening party of MA Fine Art graduate show at Central Saint Martins: fascinated with Erin o’Connor’s paintings on copper plates. This painting is part of my post-Soviet series.

2008 oil on hardboard 15×15 cm

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Masako Yui stood out from the rest at the Central Saint Martins 2008 MFA opening. As well as it was pleasant to relate to quality abstracts from friends Olga Raciborska and Marc-Alexandre. This painting is part of my post-Soviet series.

2008, oil on gessoed board, 15×15 cm, commission

Another of the bee farm views from my trip.

Jetted through top galleries in Kyiv. Bit of a failure at start – Kollektsiya gallery sublet their space to some soap film crew. Next stop RA gallery featured some Latin American artists in main room as well as plethora of new art by established locals in the back (Kavsan’s pseudo Dutch still life). Their Thursday night opening features new photos by two Georgian photographers Irakli Dzneladze ans Amiko Kavtaradze. Since last visit, I learned that RA art and photo schools are growing up with even more classes and subjects to offer, feeding the need of their graduates for new and updated. In about a month a city wide Kievfotocom festival will bring tons of vry good international photography.

KyivFineArt propsed a semi realistic paintings of oil, sea, sand nudes by Elena and Tatyana Polyaschenko. The impression is – semi professional take on modern art.

Soviart and Karas galleries offered more impressive photo realism canvases and a special Soap project worth a look. Karas’ next big project China forever promises to be equally interesting.

Zeh initiated Samozahvat project, this time housed on a construction side on Borychiv tik 23a and presented an  array of Ukrainian modern greats. Except for Solomko’s light box, a nice installation sculpture and canvas by  Vasiliy Tsagolov.

And finally Gudimov’s Sumish installatin of antique decorative art and some modern art by Tistol, Vlada ralko and others creats a nice genretal impression.