<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:25:24.514-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yelena Lewis</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728.post-111575848142851792</id><published>2005-05-10T13:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-29T12:36:22.637-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wellcome! (Visit my website at http://yelenalewis.co.uk)</title><content type='html'>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!&lt;br /&gt;So, if you are curious enough, like the lady below - ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 468px; HEIGHT: 576px" height="576" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums//v727/alexandralewis/avisitor.jpg" width="468" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...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!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10961728-111575848142851792?l=yelenalewis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/111575848142851792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/111575848142851792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/2005/05/wellcome.html' title='Wellcome! (Visit my website at http://yelenalewis.co.uk)'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728.post-110891833550828765</id><published>2005-02-21T08:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T11:36:39.104-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Current Events...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B5CGhAI78gI/R0CUHVBmEcI/AAAAAAAAABM/dDuP41v2fCc/s1600-h/Captured+Photos+00061.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134266428826194370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B5CGhAI78gI/R0CUHVBmEcI/AAAAAAAAABM/dDuP41v2fCc/s400/Captured+Photos+00061.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;13 October - 03 November 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Words are not Enough"&lt;br /&gt;Exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea "La Mimosa"&lt;br /&gt;Palazzo Caetani, Cisterna, Italy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 566px; HEIGHT: 800px" height="800" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/locandina.jpg" width="566" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am taking part in both of the following venues and am going to be at each openning:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 559px; HEIGHT: 800px" height="800" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/afishamar3_1_.jpg" width="559" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 800px; HEIGHT: 374px" height="374" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/s.jpg" width="800" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 715px; HEIGHT: 974px" height="1069" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/fly5copy.jpg" width="715" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 715px; HEIGHT: 974px" height="1069" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/fly2copy.jpg" width="715" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 715px; HEIGHT: 974px" height="1069" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/fliar1.jpg" width="715" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="HEIGHT: 674px" height="769" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/P1000318.jpg" width="520" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 415px; HEIGHT: 674px" height="769" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/P1000311.jpg" width="415" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 512px; HEIGHT: 384px" height="384" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/P1000309.jpg" width="512" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH: 512px; HEIGHT: 384px" height="384" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/P1000334.jpg" width="512" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10961728-110891833550828765?l=yelenalewis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891833550828765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891833550828765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/2005/02/current-events_21.html' title='Current Events...'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B5CGhAI78gI/R0CUHVBmEcI/AAAAAAAAABM/dDuP41v2fCc/s72-c/Captured+Photos+00061.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728.post-110900624463631897</id><published>2005-02-20T09:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-06-03T07:04:30.650-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gallery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://yelenalewisgallery.blogspot.com/"&gt;Oils&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yelenalewisgallery2.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mixed Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://yelenalewisgallery3.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sketch Book&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://theblueroomyelenalewis.blogspot.com/"&gt;The Blue Room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10961728-110900624463631897?l=yelenalewis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110900624463631897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110900624463631897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/2005/02/gallery.html' title='Gallery'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728.post-110891755697403170</id><published>2005-02-20T08:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-21T09:27:29.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Postscriptum d'un ami sincère</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Grandissant en tant que fille de Yelena Lewis, je me suis souvent retrouvée en train de feuilleter les Chansons de l'Innocence et de l'Experience de William Blake alors que d'autres jeunes gens pouvaient être en train de regarder Shreck 2 au cinema Balexert: personne n'a été plus enthousiaste que moi quand on a su que ma mère avait commencé son travail sur sa série inconnue de Blake ou plus ravie quand cela devint évident que ces morceaux d'art allaient livrer bien plus que ce qu'ils avaient promis au début. Il est de mon devoir de rester éternellement reconnaissante à M.Blake pour toutes les sources d'inspirations sans fin qu'il a partagées avec Yelena qui semble vraiment avoir trouvé son style propre en apprenant du sien. C'est un style unique qui a émergé très lentement à travers ses huiles et peintures techniques mixed après des années d'études et d'expérimentations patientes. Un simple et délicat fil fait son chemin doucement passant d'une oeuvre à l'autre et je l'ai admirée de ma plus tendre enfance jusqu'à aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;Cette exposition montre quelques-unes des oeuvres les plus importantes dans l'évolution personnelle de Yelena- ses séries de l'Annonciation, malgré le fait qu'elles sont centrées sur un sujet biblique- sont en fait une déclaration très personnelle et quelque peu satirique qui va au-delà de questions culturelles, de limitations sociologiques et au-delà des thèmes de l'isolement et de la solitude.&lt;br /&gt;Son spectaculaire Winter est une oeuvre où j'ai souvent moi-même erré, marchant sur les routes de campagne recouvertes de neige de mes propres souvenirs heureux.&lt;br /&gt;Son Saint-Petersbourg fait le portrait d'une vision mouvante d'un pays magnifique et énigmatique qu'elle a quitté il y a longtemps.&lt;br /&gt;Son Pan nait des yeux antiques et déchirants d'une créature mythologique fixant du regard un monde de haute technologie qui a déjà évolué depuis longtemps. Cette oeuvre est pour moi si profondément intime que j'ai beaucoup de mal à la décrire entièrement même ici.&lt;br /&gt;Son Fire-Starter, peut-être son oeuvre la plus considérable jusqu'ici, est un hommage spectaculaire à sa soeur et elle continuera à brûler de façon toujours plus étincelante dans mon esprit pour les années à venir.&lt;br /&gt;M. Wilde a écrit: " l'artiste est le créateur de choses magnifiques"et j'aimerais maintenant remercier Yelena d'avoir rassemblé ces oeuvres positives et étonnantes aujourd'hui ainsi que sa présence- celle d'une belle artiste qui les a crées. Je ne suis pas la seule à l'apprécier; elle a touché beaucoup de vies avec son art, sa gentillesse et ses mots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je lui souhaite toute la chance et le succès possibles et espère seulement que le reste des visiteurs puissent être un jour récompensés même s'ils n'entrevoient qu'un tout petit peu de ce que j'y vois.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;Alexandra Lewis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10961728-110891755697403170?l=yelenalewis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891755697403170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891755697403170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/2005/02/postscriptum-dun-ami-sincre.html' title='Postscriptum d&apos;un ami sincère'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10961728.post-110891738338694241</id><published>2005-02-20T08:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-21T09:27:43.360-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Postscript by a Sincere Friend</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Growing up as Yelena Lewis’ daughter I often found myself flipping through William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience where other young people might have been watching Shrek 2 in the Balexert cinema: no one was more excited then I when it was learned that my mother had begun her work upon her infamous Blake series, or more thrilled when it became apparent that these works of art were to deliver far more than they initially promised. I shall remain eternally grateful to Mr. Blake for all the endless sources of inspiration he shared with Yelena, who seems truly to have found her own style in learning from his. It is a unique style that has emerged very slowly through her oils and mixed medium paintings after years of patient study and experimentation, a single delicate thread spins its gentle way through all her work, one that I have admired from my early childhood to this very day. This exhibition displays some of the most important works in Yelena’s personal evolution – her Annunciation series, though initially centered upon biblical subject matter is in fact a highly personal and somewhat satirical statement, one that touches upon cultural issues, sociological limitations, and themes of isolation and loneliness. Her spectacular Winter is one that I have often wondered through in the snow covered country roads of my own blissful memories. Her Saint Petersburg portrays a moving vision of a beautiful and enigmatic country she left behind long ago. Her Pan is brought to life by the heartbreaking, ancient eyes of a mythological creature gazing into a high-tech world that has long since moved on, and is such a profoundly intimate painting to me that I can hardly write of it completely, even here. Her Fire-Starter, perhaps her most significant piece so far, is a spectacular tribute to her sister, one that shall continue to burn ever more brightly in my own mind for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Wilde once wrote that “the artist is the creator of beautiful things”, and I would like now to thank Yelena for the positively stunning things collected here today, as well as for the company of the beautiful artist that produced them all. I am not alone in my appreciation; she has touched many a life with her art, her kindness and her words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish her all the luck and success possible and hope only that the rest of her audience may some day be awarded the smallest glimpse of what I see.&lt;br /&gt;Alexandra Lewis.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10961728-110891738338694241?l=yelenalewis.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891738338694241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10961728/posts/default/110891738338694241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://yelenalewis.blogspot.com/2005/02/postscript-by-sincere-friend.html' title='A Postscript by a Sincere Friend'/><author><name>Yelena Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/alexandralewis/scan0001.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
