Portraits, Fantasia

Author's note: Painted from a drawing drawn from imagination. Moved the notes to 2024 updates, in order not to make this page scroll too long.

Blue headband. 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm (including border)

The young governess. 2023. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm (border is unprimed linen).

The Miller's Daughter. 2023. Oil on canvas, 36 x 27 cm (on 40 x 30 cm canvas).

By the Neva. Oil on canvas panel, 20.8 x 15.7 cm (on 24 x 18cm panel)

Capriccio in blue and orange in 1.33 oval. 2023. Oil on canvas panel, 20.8 x 15.7 cm (on 24 x 18 cm panel)

The Pirate's Daughter. 2023. Oil and acrylic on canvas panel, 24 x 18 cm.

Night (Painted from life in 3 hours). 20.01.23. Oil on canvas, 36 x 27 cm (stretchable on 40 x 30 cm).

Author's note: This piece, the last portrait I painted from life before leaving St. Petersburg, is the "seed" of this entire series. It gave me confidence to change the colour scheme and not be dependent on reference, whether from life or photos.

Fantasia, red circle, a sketch. 2023. Oil on canvas panel, 17cm diameter (on 20 x 20cm panel).

Garden gnomid. 2023. Oil on canvas panel, 17cm diameter (on 20 x 20cm panel).