Art Kaleidoscope

Warm-cold morning. Still life photo art by Svoboda

Still life photo art by Svoboda
For Russian amateur photographer Elena Andreeva (Svoboda) photography has become her lifestyle. She began photographing in 2006 quite by accident, when her friend, a designer, told her about a short course on photography. At first, Elena engaged in genre photographs obtaining emotions. Then, not immediately, she came to portraits, animals, landscapes and, of course, still lifes. Talented photographers, such as Alla Semenova (PhotoSova), Julia Medvedev, Andrei Glamozdov (Gvozdj) have influenced Elena. Advice of colleagues, criticism and the objects that surround her in everyday life help develop and become better as a photographer.
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Thoughts of going by tram. Cardboard, acrylic. 1994. Rondizm – Avant-garde painting by Yuri Kossagovsky

Avant-garde painting by Yuri Kossagovsky

Rondizm – style of modern avant-garde painting, characterized by the fact that all the images in the author’s work have a rounded shape. Noteworthy, the invention belongs to Yuri Kossagovsky – Russian artist, poet, composer, pianist and film director. Born in 1941 in the city of Syzran on the Volga, iIn 1949-1954 Kossagovsky lived with his parents in China. Since 1960 he has lived in Moscow. Having graduated from Moscow Printing Institute in 1966, in 1977 became a member of the Union of Artists, and in 1991 – the International Federation of Artists. In the early 1970s, has developed a new approach to painting, called “rondizm”. In addition to the fine arts are engaged in music, literature and cinema. His works are in the collection of George Costakis museum, Thessaloniki, Greece, as well as in private collections in Russia, Germany, France, USA, South Korea, Sweden, Finland and Georgia.
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Velvet Season, 2015. Painting plants Ivy Jacobsen

Painting plants Ivy Jacobsen
Born in California, Ivy Jacobsen graduated from San Francisco State University and San Francisco Art Institute with Honors in 2001. Besides, for a semester, she studied art history Concentration in Paris.
In particular, her paintings consist of many thin layers of oil paint, bronze powder, acrylic paint, resin, and other mixed medias on wood panel. Thus, the numerous translucent layers create the illusion of depth. And the trees and plants occupy different locations in the foreground and background. According to the artist, she gets inspiration from plant study. In addition, from her daily walks in the neighborhood, the study of botanical illustrations, as well as her knowledge of plants and their life cycles.
Ivy Jacobsen is a permanent participant of art exhibitions, which took place mostly in California. In 2014 the artist moved to Santa Cruz, California with her husband and their two children.
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The artist created all mandala paintings while visiting her home town in Perth, Western Australia. Elspeth McLean painting mandala stones

Elspeth McLean painting mandala stones
Australian born artist Elspeth McLean, who now lives in Canada, creates hypnotically beautiful and colorful stone mandalas. Experimenting with thousands of colored dots and circles she expresses herself, and celebrates the colors of her soul and spirit. The artist believes that such mandala stones can soothe the soul and fill the inner world with bright light. “My art is result of a love to experiment with color and pattern. Creating is a way for me to express the colors of my soul. All I’m doing is trying to live my life and art authentically peace”.
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The Bear and the Rottweiler. Realistic 3D street painting by Nikolaj Arndt

Realistic 3D street painting by Nikolaj Arndt

Russian street artist Nikolaj Arndt was born in a small town of Gavrilov Posad of Ivanovo region. He graduated from art and graphics department of Yuriev-Polsky pedagogical college. After graduation, he lived and worked in Ivanovo for 10 years, developing his artistic skills. In 2006, Nikolaj Arndt moved to Germany. Since 2009, he has been engaged in three-dimensional street art painting. Nikolaj is a permanent participant and a winner of several street art festivals.
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Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl. Coffee painting by Maria Aristidou

Coffee painting by Maria Aristidou
Cyprus native artist Maria A. Aristidou creates watercolor illustrations using an unusual medium – coffee. She drew the first coffee picture quite by accident. For illustrations – portraits of famous people, animals, cartoon characters the artist uses paper for watercolor and five different coffee drinks to give the pictures different tones and nuances. According to the artist herself, she draws what she loves. Particularly, in the gallery of her coffee paintings – Disney characters – Ariel, Walt Disney; Queen Elizabeth, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Laurie, and Afghan Girl – an iconic National Geographic photo, Bob Marley, and many others.
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Einstein’s birthday. Sculptor Jeweler Vladimir Voichishin

Surrealist Sculptor Jeweler Vladimir Voichishin (Vlad Voychishin) has rich creative biography. In particular, almost 10 years he has lived abroad, while his compositions have been exhibited in galleries in New York, London, and Canada. Besides, he spent some time in Africa, studying the secrets of Kenyan craftsmen working with “ebony”. Meanwhile, his sculptures are in the collections of the famous people, such as actor Hugh Grant, singer Celine Dion, and even Fidel Castro. However, some years ago Vladimir Voichishin returned to Siberia, and currently he lives and works in his studio in Belokurikha of Altai region. Noteworthy, Voichishin has created eleven large sculptures (each – more than a meter in height) made of … gold, silver and platinum, inlaid with precious stones. In total, it took him over 55 kilograms of silver and more than a kilogram of gold.
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