Ohmygosh, I need to talk about this. So much.
I was wandering around pinterest.com, as I am wont to do, and stumbled across this painting by Leonid Afremov. “Heartstopping” was the first word to come to mind, followed very quickly with “more!” Upon googling the artist, I found that this is his style of preference. He doesn’t use a brush, preferring the rich texture of a palette knife, resulting in a stained glass rainbow.
My favorite part of this piece in particular is that there is so much joy in the rainbow of colors presented, but the subject is walking down a quiet, wet street alone. It straddles the line between carefree and contemplative, but the stained glass patchy luminance also adds a layer of reverence (at least for those of us who grew up around them!).
Brilliant. So this painting is the wallpaper on my phone, and smile every time I have a reason to call someone. Not because I like my friends… because I like Leonid Afremov.
--Becky
