Finished up a largest piece of work ever, measuring 165 cm wide, too late and dark at the moment to get a proper picture up, here’s just a shot of my paint box in relation to the painting to get the idea of its size.
I am leaving for a few weeks to Belgium and then Ukraine and do not promise I will post regularly, be back in touch in November!
oil on canvas, 165×106 cm, 2009
Posting third Regent st. drawing for the day, I did it a few days back with the first two while on the shopping trip there. Meanwhile working on the large commission painting today, as well as put.
Mind I am updating my Etsy shop with more and more oils, some of them on sale.
ink & watercolor, 21×30 cm, 2009, sold
Of one of my favourite streets in East London, a little alley really, called the Dray Walk, that turns into a street party every night on weekends. The record shop is amazing, in addition the little cafe in it has the best coffee on this side of Brick Lane. Not to mention the amazing boutiques and sumptuous pizza at Story Deli.
Meanwhile I continue posting my tea and coffee cup watercolours on Etsy. I know its totally different from what I paint in oil, but I just can’t get it out of my system yet (saying this while sipping a cup of Napuk brew from Mariage Freres, yum!).
30 x 30 cm (12×12 in), oil on panel , listed on Etsy
oil on panel 15×15 cm, sold
Related paintings:
Little Georgia on Goldsmiths row
The Dove
Amy Winehouse at the Broadway bookshop
L’eau a la Bouche
Really admiring Hopper’s artwork recently as I got myself a book on his art at Foyles, called Silent Theater. It was funny to learn that some critics said he wasn’t a good painter (yeah, right), that his figures look quite lifeless and simplified – but it’s because of this starkness and simplicity his art looks so enigmatic and unique.
oil on panel 15×15 cm, available on Etsy
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
Please email me your bid (starting at $75) if you’d like to own this piece.
2008 oil on panel 15×15 cm SOLD
Please email me if you’d like to owl a similar painting.
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
Please email me your bid (starting at $75) if you’d like to own this piece.
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.
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