Oh, I know well this story.
It is from Yulia’s childhood, when we were constantly fantasizing, inventing stories about her toys, as living beings. There was a lot of characters among her toys. We always were continuing and continuing our fantasies during our free time, whether when we were doing something, or were walking.
There was one wonderfull personage, with name Tuzello, he is very, very, very talanted boy, and always has a huge amount of ideas (Like Yulia). And all his ideas were Great (not just great but Great or GREAT). And idea for this painting was one of such Great ideas of Tuzello. In our “imaginarium” he had a wonderful photo session taken at a beautiful green meadow. The cute girls with the paper planes on the grass.
And now I see Yulia on this grass with these paper planes. All is so bright, so nice, like our stories, our fantasies of that time. May be it is a nostalgia for our fantasies, or simply bright memories from that time, and it still leaves in her mind. Though…I think I need rephrase: she still lives in this fantstic world. And it is so wonderfull. I wish that she lived there always. ’cause it is a kind, good world with interesting things and events, sometimes with impossible changes in the lives of the personages.
Anyway it is very beautiful: Redhaired girl and white paper plans on the bright grass. I love it so much.

Apr. 22 2009 – Earth Day – (Global)

Jul 28, 2008 – Peru Independence Day – (Peru)

Sep 05, 2009 – Unexplained Phenomenon – (Selected Countries)

Nov 21, 2008 – René Magritte’s 110th Birthday, Courtesy of Succession René Magritte / ARS, NY – (Global)

And for saving time I was using projector to convey the image on the surface of the canvas.

Idea for this painting came to me accidentally. When I was checking photos of Natalia Vodyanova ( top-model).

Firstly I thought to use a small white kitten and so I could have a connection with last year painting “Sad Kitten“. But anyway I don’t have and never had a WHITE kitten. So I decided to stop on second option to use Sky. Option with Sky let me connect this painting with toy series of works with name “Lines of Me”. In which I am trying to show some my lines through the image of one of my fluffy. So Sky was next in line to be painted. But lately after I already finished this work I understood that choice of Sky is also good. Sky as a personage is always telling truth and never lies. So the second part of painting title “Naked Truth” is telling about this line of Sky/me.

I had a very very very busy day on Friday July 09 but I anyway found 2 hours to change my hair, which lol was dirty and to take pics specially for this work. Of course I do not like that much to paint my self-portraits by pics, but this one is better this way.

This is yesterday night 11 p.m. 6 hours before it was done…

Same time close-up, was taken for discussing it with mom.

Olya: This painting is something new for Yulia art. New style, new vision. Anyway, when I first time saw it I really understood it is not style of Yulia, but when I looked to Camomile I felt it is her hand, because Chamomile strangely reminds me of her. Anyway I feel a lot of expression and passion. It is like the huge amount of colors. Slender vase as opposite to huge bouquet of flowers. And young painter with huge amount of feelings, emotions, colors and passion. That is how I feel about this still-life.

Yulia: This is a third painting from my Toy Collection – Lines of Me. Main character here as you may see is my cat Gwen. She has a twin bro teddy bear with name Stefan/Stephan. They got names after Gwen Stefani.

In this painting I was trying to use a volume effect, to make objects not just painted but let them have a real volume. So for that I used a paint base and for some cactuses I used rice.

I am Ghirardelli and I am dreaming about a girl. Once I was in love with a beautiful lady, hmm well she was a baby-lady. But hse was very very pretty. Though she even didn’t have a name. Here her picture:

I am still watching her pictures that Yulia took and remember the time few weeks while she was here with me. So sad she was a present for a small girl.

Then I had a time of thinking of my life, and making friends over here, missing my home city – San-Francisco, missing my friends and most of Chocolate Ghirardelli. Month ago my dad was in NY and he promised me to find a girl. I truly believed he would bring her. He did brought me a girl as he said, but she is a piece of art (“Girl with many eyes” by Tim Burton), she is not a person. It’s same as he brought me “Mona Lisa”.

She is a wonderful toy, but she is not my girlfriend.

Now all last days I was thinking about a dream-girl for me. Who may it be… And I stepped upon flickr images of fabulous dolls: Blythe Doll… So cute girls… But I am not sure if my humans buy me her (price $40 – 200). However Yulia likes them too. So everything is possible.

Then I looked more and found girls with chicken faces with brand-name – Dall ( price – $31.99 – 120). Yulia likes them too. But i should search the size of them, ’cause what if they are taller than me, or too small.

Meanwhile I am searching the height as of Blythe as of Dall, I saw elder sisters of Dall – Pullip ( $31.99 – 155.99). About this one Yulia said cute. And I think she looks like Scarlett Johansson, same as Yulia’s mom said me.

And then I found one unbelievable beautiful doll Supia – Yisol. Well I began to look for the price of this one, and found she sells by $375. But she is soo amazing, however don’t much me by size, she is 42,5 cm.

Well I saw many girls by internet, but still cant decide which one be my dream-girl. Well time will show, may be it will be a teddy bear… Ok, we will see it

This cactus signifies my feelings after yesterday night’s visiting cinema for watching “Let the Right One In”.
I have read some articles about this movie after I’ve come home. And I found out it even got many premies (“Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature” at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation‘s 2008 Méliès d’Or (Golden Méliès) for the “Best European Fantastic Feature Film”, as well as four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute.) & Even it has rating 97% on rottentomatoes.
Well may be…

But all it another time makes me understand that my opinion about such kind of movies & about such kind of Art in generally is so different from big part of people. However later I was talking to my mom and found out she also watched it time ago and supports my opinion about it.
I don’t know why but I dont see too much deep thoughts in most of modern Independent movies. Yeah well there are the thoughts but not that much deep. I do really like Andrei Tarkovsky’s movies. And I can see a lot of thoughts & feelings in there. But in ones I have see recently – the most thing I feel – COLD & SICK ( “Genova”, ” In Bruges”, etc.). Yeah probably this is a reflection of society today – being SICK & COLD regarding each other. Well yesterday’s movie does really have a story, however – all images of movies, emotions of each shot, colors, details disgust me. Such kind of movies disturbs me, hurts me, and makes me feel sick.  Because in my case Art must create not destroy the inner universe. Yeah the final of movie – they are together, but in ugly world where is no room for them… Yeah, or “great” end of movie “In Bruges” he closes his eyes hoping he won’t die… Yeah in my opinion I think he didn’t die, however all “SUCKable” life makes think he died. I don’t like to see sufferable movies with no end but instead of end a space for my fantasy… I came to see something and see opinion of author about special topic. Such things are like making love without orgasm. Or to suffer and don’t get any answer about problem. It makes feel uncomfortable. It makes feel hung up.

Movie for me is a dreamworld with the details, that makes me feel home.  If it doesn’t have it I don’t feel comfort. Details & Images play a lot for me. Because we all are puzzled of many pieces of details, images and all it shows our emotions, feelings; details are showing us.

Feb.04 2010
Oil on canvas
65 x 81 cm
Lima, Peru

O.K.:
There are a lot of self-portraits appeared between 2005-2010. Red-haired girl is always like a mirror with life, thoughts & feelings of painter. Those continuing series of portraits shows changes in the artist’s life. It is like a time line with images.
*Red moments…* includes A lot of red color, probably the name is coming from this point. Red is a color of Passion, main feeling of her life.
Hair is red and has an unusual shape. It tells how many feelings, thoughts, colors are born and live in her mind now. Different ideas appeared in her mind and ask to go outside, to canvas, to life. Anyway same as every where in her works there is an unchanged personage – sky. Which is broken in many pieces here between this huge red masses. One piece of sky is set in the cage. Strong but fragile figure of red-haired girl gently holds this cage. Carefully and carelessly in same moment. Upper hand puts cage on risk and lower hand is ready to rescue it in any moment. I remember * Freedom in the cage* of 2005 with cage filled of lonely sky. Here in *Red moments…* sky is not that lonely but with two little birds inside of the cage. And lower hand is ready to take care of this little pair of birds. It seems she is intending to save them and their love at anytime…

Y.K. :
This portrait is a first work which beginning this series.
I was reviewing the works I’ve done during the recent period of my life and I came to point – I’m feeling pretty enough (even: ENOUGH) of Blue Color. Middle 2008 till Fall 2009 – period I am talking about. I was thinking why “Blue” is dominant. Well the point I guess is clear when I feel not good = I am feeling “Blue” and just transmit it on canvas. I check works of 2007 – and same thing is there. Period of my life when I am feeling “blue” – sad, bored, not ok, life is seemed stopped in strange hung condition, nothing happened or at least not what I wanted to happen, and yada yada yada…
Ok so for this moment I was thinking that I am pretty ready to change blue to whatever… And then I decided to set me a couple of portraits painted each one in special color gamma… So this one is supposed to be red, however I had doubts. Idea came to my mind to paint girl with huge hair bunch on her head ( inspiration for that came from many historical movies I watched…) I was going to search for photo references of that hair style, but it came to me itself… ( latinstock perú – facebook page)

I am sure I am not alone here with finding exactly necessary things when they are on my mind… Or seeing that people are working on same ideas exactly in that very moment. I usually explain it as: Ideas are floating in the air up there somewhere in the atmosphere and we have access to it. But just some of us are using that information.

I began to work on it, but still had hesitation about background. It didn’t take me too long to find out what I can do with it…

Also I was using here a 3D effect of painting hair. So this canvas CAN’T ever be rolled.