Olga Saliy

Olga Saliy – freelance photographer, blogger, traveller.

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Anton Dryanichkin Bangkok

Anton Dryanichkin – Russian guy who knows Bangkok as no other Russian. Tours of the real Bangkok. Article about him here, and his site here.

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Painting portraits to sustain a lifestyle with no money

Sergey Balovin is a Russian artist who discovered a calling when living in Shanghai, China. His neighbor at his apartment complex was moving out and giving Source: Painting portraits to sustain a lifestyle with no money

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Robert Bruce Williams

Portrait painters: Robert Bruce Williams Source: World of Portrait Painting

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A Satsang

A Satsang Master sat on the hard stone rising above the polished earth patch with a handful of disciples. He talked about Surrender. The faces he watched held no secrets – he travelled all those paths. Now a disciple threw himself in front him. With a merciless foot Master pushed him away, gazed down. In […]

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Possessions, Ownership, Stuff…

Reflecting upon complication of the human existence are triggered by everything around at the moment. I feel this is something I am making my mind about. Then again, every moment I am making my mind about many things. The artist Sergey Balovin, who is travelling the world with no money at all but trading his […]

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Never Be Bullied Into Mediocrity!

This morning Tim and I had a dog walk together. I relayed to him my bed-time booster conversation with Alina the night before: “When people think about Alina, the word which springs to mind is Power. Power. Power of brain, muscle power, power of imagination, memory… You are powerful, Alina.” I do this remedial conversations […]

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Thick Paint

And sometimes I simply want to throw paint thickly onto a surface and see how it looks. Why not? And play with the colours. And with the shadows and the light. And not to think. And not to care about the objects of my attention but use them as an excuse to throw paint onto […]

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Me and My Girls

This February half-term we didn’t go anywhere, and while my girls were home and the light was good, I bribed them to sit for the portraits. After all, last time I painted them was at least a couple of years ago, and I never painted them from life, always from photos. Now that they are […]

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Утро…

В слегка нетрезвом состоянии, все возможно и охота творить. Жалко, что в слегка нетрезвом состоянии для творчества нет времени. Хотела бы я бросить все и творить, начав с утра двумя чашками кофе с шоколадом и, как только их эффект пропадает, переходить на спиртное. А лучше бросить все и жить!

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