Color of Music
Outline sketch of a guitarist. Another version of this is an oil painting in this gallery. Share this... Facebook TwitterGoogl
Hospital Chess
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Hospital Patients Watch TV – 2
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Hospital Patients Watch TV
In the common hall where we had meals, we could also watch TV on the wall. I never watched it but made a few sketches of the p
Love (after Botticelli’s Venus)
Not that Botticelli’s work needs improvements; I just wanted to see how his Venus would look like on a modern-day poste
Guitarist: Ink, Matchstick, & Finger Technique
Since I had ink but no metal pens, I had to be inventive and developed a technique of drawing with a wooden matchstick and smu
Inspiration from Matisse
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Nelepa on the Bench
Just another one of my sketches of Nelepa. Share this... Facebook TwitterGoogle Pinterest Linkedin Whatsapp Email
Nelepushka on the Bench
His last name was Nelepa – rather uncommon and roughly translated as “farcical” or “absurd.” He
Flirting in the Hospital Courtyard
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Little Gentle Flower Man
This hospital patient resembled a potted plant he was sitting next to: quiet, motionless, gentle, and vulnerable. I imagined I
Korepanov the Thinker
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Kropotin, Property Owner
This old man was transferred from a psychiatric ward where he was abused and beaten by other mental patients. He kept to himse
Sketch of a Shed
This was just a shed near the river bank, on the edge of the forest outside of Tumen, Siberia. Share this... Facebook TwitterG
Sleeping Patient in a Hospital
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Sketch – Valera the Artist, Red
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Sketch – Valera the Artist, Yellow
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Sketch – Valera the Harmonica Player
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Sketch – Valera On the Curb
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Sketch – Reading in the Park
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Sketch – Valera Reads A Magazine
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Sketch of Victoria M. playing the Guitar
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My Old Shoes
I loved these shoes and didn’t want to part with them even when they began to fall apart. It was as if they were begging
Oak Leaves in a Brass Jug
I got this battered, centuries old brass jug from a Moscow friend, who brought it from an archaeological expedition to the Cau
The Black Camel Society
My two best friends from school were coming for the New Year’s party into my house, so I drew a welcoming Happy New Year
The Planet of Thinking Crystals (Teen)
These angular shapes may look like an abstract painting – but they are, in fact, an alien living forest of colorful thinking
Alien Planet with Living Clouds
This planet has a variety of alien life forms, from ball-like creatures that fly in straight formations, to mountainous blobs
Alien Self-Eating Planet (Teen)
As I was drawing doodles in my Biology class, I imagined the possibility of alien life existing, not as individual units, but
A Hairy Jug with Seeing Flowers (Teen)
Just another teenage attempt at surrealism. Share this... Facebook TwitterGoogle Pinterest Linkedin Whatsapp Email
The Interceptor of Souls (Teen)
Another teenage fantasy rooted in childhood nightmares. As I walked home one rainy summer night I noticed that the fog and dri
Surreal Magic Castle (Teen)
Another high school drawing, started in class and finished at home, depicting a magical landscape with a perpetual violent sto
Planet of Erotic Dreams
This was just a high school fantasy landscape influenced by sci-fi novels, hormones, and my attempts to fathom the inner worki
Invader from Hell named Chaos (Teen)
The ultimate horror: a nightmarish nomadic invader bringing destruction and death to civilizations of peaceful farmers and bui
John and Paul Pay a Visit
John Lennon and Paul McCartney hanging out in my old apartment in Ukraine. I originally drew a couple of my friends for whom m
Fantasy Wall Drawing (Teen)
When I was about 16, my parents replaced wallpaper in my room. They didn’t buy enough rolls and ran out of them before t
Mom’s Trip to the Mailbox (Teen)
My mother walking across the yard, back from her trip to the mailbox sometime in the late 1970s. She is carrying home the Prav