Gallery 3: The Scetch Book

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Doodles from the Amalfi Coast






















Moscow, again!


Two Very Trendy Girls and a Canary



At the Market



Happy Sailors



Moscow Nights

Monday, June 12, 2006

The 2006 Exhibition at the Chausse-Coqs Gallery

The bordom of sitting at the gallery and minding the pictures is only comparable to that of an aeroport lounge when your flight is being regularly delayed every 47 minutes. I was lucky this time, - I had a good travelling companion, my scetch book!


So, first, I went to the circus ...

Then, I looked out onto the street and saw:


Care-free locals ...

... and

Mum!

...and

Dad!

Than I imagined myself a hot-selling artist ...


... looks like I have a fan!

Dublin


Temple Bar: the Friday night heart of Dublin

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Cinque Terre


Pizza Rules OK!



Julian and Anya are real tourists now!


...Sightseeing, now!


The natives of Riomaggiore: a philosopher


Closed!


The natives of Riomaggiore: the "Boys Only" club

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Summer 2005:the Pool Collection


Madonna and Child




Lunch




A Place in the Sun




Swimming Lessons for Mums

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Friday, May 27, 2005

Alex

Andrew

A neighbor, a friend, a fellow-artist!

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

The Girls

At the Swimming-Pool

Watching the desperate swimming instructors revealing the secrets of their aquatic skills is one of the things you do to fight off the boredom of swimmimng-pools.



About Me

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Having been born and bred in the Russia of the pre-Perestroika era left me with the great gift of emotional dependence upon family and friends, as well as the advantages of a cheerful disrespect for any sort of propoganda or any kind of authority. I've recieved my education in Brezhnev's Russia and Blair's Britain and have lived in Moscow in the USSR, Newcastle on Tyne and London in Britain, Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Geneva in Switzerland before settling down in France. I feel I have a few stories to tell combined with a strong desire for an audience: the resulting hot-pot can be found in my paintings, some of which are found on this website. It gives me great pleasure to work in different styles, as it signifies fun and freedom, the qualities greatly appriciated by anybody who, like me, has had an experience of a totalitarian upbringing. Similarly, I use any medium available to paint with: oil, watercolours, gouache, charcoal, pure pigments, pencil, ink, pastel, acril - anything! - and on any support: paper, wood panels, cardboard, canvass, etc.