Drawings

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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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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A Smoker in the Street and a Passerby

When I was 18 or so, I once saw a man in the street, walking fast and with resolve, consumed with his thoughts and his cigaret

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 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

The Apple Stub of the Garden of Eden (Teen)

What happened to Adam and Eve’s apple stub? It fell on the ground, developed a root system, and grew into a mighty stub,

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