Yelena Lewis

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Wellcome! (Visit my website at http://yelenalewis.co.uk)

I think that the best way to get to know somebody is by leafing through their diary. For me a diary means a sketch book, of which I have a few: - that's how I "photograph" the events and people that happen around me!
So, if you are curious enough, like the lady below - ...



...Leaf through the pages of my notes on people, places and events, some of which can be found on this website, adventurous viewer: - I hope the journey will be enjoyable!

About Me

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Having been born and bred in the Russia of the pre-Perestroika era left me with the great gift of emotional dependence upon family and friends, as well as the advantages of a cheerful disrespect for any sort of propoganda or any kind of authority. I've recieved my education in Brezhnev's Russia and Blair's Britain and have lived in Moscow in the USSR, Newcastle on Tyne and London in Britain, Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Geneva in Switzerland before settling down in France. I feel I have a few stories to tell combined with a strong desire for an audience: the resulting hot-pot can be found in my paintings, some of which are found on this website. It gives me great pleasure to work in different styles, as it signifies fun and freedom, the qualities greatly appriciated by anybody who, like me, has had an experience of a totalitarian upbringing. Similarly, I use any medium available to paint with: oil, watercolours, gouache, charcoal, pure pigments, pencil, ink, pastel, acril - anything! - and on any support: paper, wood panels, cardboard, canvass, etc.