Leonid Afremov

Paintings done using a palette knife.

"Autumn Park"

"The Energy of Winter"

"Cellist"

Here's a video of the artist in action.

realist

жить и радоваться

Для того чтобы жить и радоваться надо всего две вещи: жить, и радоваться.

:)

daoism?

"The universe is my home, and my house is my underwear; so what are you doing in my underwear?"
 - from an old daoist Chinese story

fidelity sleeping

E. Manet "Olympia" 1863

If the dog is a symbol of fidelity, but a sleeping dog, like the one in Titian's "Venus of Urbino" is fidelity sleeping, might that be the reason Olympia's cat is so starkly awake?