Art Kaleidoscope

“In the northern wilderness”, 1891. Russian landscape painter Ivan Shishkin. Kiev Museum of Russian Art

Russian landscape painter Ivan Shishkin
Inspired by the poem of Mikhail Lermontov ‘Pine’ (1841), Russian artist Ivan Shishkin created his painting “In the northern wilderness” in 1891. Here is my translation of the poem:

In the northern wilderness stands alone
On the bare top of a mountain – a pine,
Asleep, it’s swaying, and loosing snow
In which it dressed like in mantle.

And it dreams of that far away desert,
In the region where the sun rises,
One and sad on the hot cliff
Beautiful palm tree grows.

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One Day In The Elephant Village. Relationship between children and animals. Black and white watercolors by Elicia Edijanto

Black and white watercolors by Elicia Edijanto
Indonesian artist Edijanto has created a collection of deeply nostalgic watercolors. Her paintings depict touching stories between children and animals. A special relationship of the child and the animal in black and white colors. Calm, expressive works make you think about the more important things in our lives.
Young and talented artist Edijanto studied at Mahatma Gandhi School. Then she graduated from Tarumanagara University. She is currently living in her native Jakarta.
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Adorable kittens. Felted animals by Elena Fedoryak

Felted animals by Elena Fedoryak
Kharkov based artist Elena Fedoryak – the master reviving wool. She creates toys that can win the hearts of viewers. Realistic felted animals by Elena Fedoryak surprise with the naturalness and high skill of execution. According to Elena, for some reason, she can not perceive them as mere toys. She even believes that they are born, and she only helped them a little. Meanwhile, about felting Elena learned five years ago, quite accidentally, as she says, stumbled on the Internet. Seeing the images of felted toys, she realized that she was “hooked”.
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Beautiful seascape. Inventor of quartz painting Alexander Nartov

Inventor of quartz painting Alexander Nartov
Many connoisseurs of unique things know and love Alexander Nartov’s quartz sand art. Who would have thought that an ordinary sand can be so interesting artistic material giving a space for imagination! Since for the creation of works the basic material has become quartz sand, then a new technology was called Quartz painting. In 2003, Russian artist Alexander Nartov received a patent for the technology. Since that time, he has created a large number of paintings from quartz sand in various genres: still life, landscape, abstraction and even portrait. Everything is possible!
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A cute mouse. Felted toys by Nadezhda Micheyeva

Felted toys by Nadezhda Micheyeva

Russian self-taught artist Micheyeva lives in St. Petersburg. She is a dentist by education and profession. Felting miniature toys is just her hobby. Her talented works are expressive and touching. Adorable felted toys by Nadezhda leave no one indifferent. According to Nadezhda, it all started in a childhood, when she drew a lot, and constantly invented something. So, her mom took her to the art studio, but to painting she preferred molding plaster figures. In particular, she enjoyed making some primitive dolls, small animals and sewing clothes for them.
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The Moon. Painting by Russian artist Grigory Ivanov

My house is my soul. Painting by Grigory Ivanov
According to the artist, in this hard world, it is difficult to find Good. Besides, probably Good can be found only in art, if it brings light, of course. Simple pleasures, pure souls live in the lyrical works of Russian painter Grigory Ivanov. He paints something, that you begin to understand what art is necessary for, in our time of alarms and bustle. Painting style of Grigory Ivanov is close to primitivism and children’s drawings. The paintings also remind illustrations of legends, fairy tales, and myths.
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Beautiful red flowers, botanical drawing from the Herbarium collection of the Darwin Museum, Moscow. Fragile Herbarium Art

Fragile Herbarium Art
In fact, hand-made and modern technologies allow to permanently preserve the unique beauty of the plants, making them imperishable. They are able to fill the iving space of the house with positive energy. And one of the traditional styles of work with pressed flowers is the Herbarium Art. However, it differs from other floral collages by simple, natural location of the plant material. Besides, it allows to emphasize the beauty and uniqueness of certain plant species. Laconic and decorative, Herbaria can be widely used in interior design. The Herbarium Art, in fact, is a link between the botanical science and artistic pattern.
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