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15×15 cm, oil on board, 2008, private collection

Now that I stocked up on the fruits and vegetables from the market, these two bananas seemed to be in greatest demand. While they posed for the painting this morning on my table, both my mom and the baby tried to grab one to eat.  Normally they lay around the kitchen for days untouched, sigh.

18×24 cm, oil on board, 2008, private collection

I set up this still life with the first spring flowers I got at the babushkas’ on my mac to get ourselves into the spring mood.  Mac’s whiteness really underlined the various shades and  nuances of the white flowers - there is so much more color in them.  I must tip off my hat to those bucolic flower painters, it’s hard work to get those little leaves and petals straight!

very crisp still life by Mimi Jensen

Liza Corbett beautiful drawings

15×15 cm, oil on board, 2008, nfs

I was fascinated with babylegs product for a while, but realized the winter will be over by the time I get them ordered from the States so I went off improvising.  Roma ended up with a pair of my toe knee socks on, looking quite disheveled and terribly funny. I wonder what he’ll have to say about this number when he grows up, hm…

Everybody in expat community knowns of Inna Panteleymonova art

My current inspiration comes from Caro Niederer’s landscapes that she presents in the context of her living environment.

Oxana Mas is one hot selling pancake in the US art market, a creative young Ukrainian artist, some describe her art more as interior design, but it totally fits my “living with your art” concept.

And finally take a look at the new work by Jeremy Lipking.

Oleksandr Kovalchuk at Central House of Artists

Valentyna Telychko at Central House of Artists

Volodymyr Podlevskyi at Central House of Artists

Temo Svirely, image from http://www.svirely.com

Illya Isupov (currently at Zeh)

Pikul, currently at Zeh

I forgot the name of this artist, also at Zeh

Went down Andriyivsky and to Podil to see the galleries concentrated around there. Lot’s of fun and great art to see, as usual.  It seems that as much as the Ukrainians try their hand in conceptual and abstract art, our lot prefers the classical stuff:

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I painted a few little oil paintings:

Roma and the Penguins; David Pensive; oil on board, 15×15 cm 2008, nfs

As well as updated my Devoushka project set with some winter shots.