Diptych, left side Drawing

19.06.2024. I am still alive! And I wish the same to all! I work creatively every day. The longer I live and work, the deeper I see the work. Credo - I am a researcher heights of the spirit, and the fall of corruptible flesh. Born on April in Yaroslavl on the Volga River in Russia. 1963-68 V.Serov /Rerich/ Leningrad Art School. 1968-73 Studied old masters in the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad. My work is in the collection of Norton Dodge in the United States, and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. And in many private collections on both sides of the Atlantic. By the way, I sign my work with a monogram and date. On the back is a legitimate signature, date and monogram again. I am Painter, Designer, Photographer, Videomaker etc. I am a naturalized American citizen. I live in Germany. In the USSR in the seventies of the 20th century, I participated in the artistic movement of nonconformists. During my struggle for the freedom of creativity and exhibitions I have received 1.5 years in prison and labor camps. After my release from prison, under the pressure of the KGB was forced to leave the Soviet Union. My hometown in the United States - Buffalo, NY. I moved to Germany to work in the publishing house "Possev" and for family reasons. My literary language - Russian. At the beginning of the 21st century, in France was published, my artist's book with a glass! Cover - "I love you." The book consists of my photos and excerpts from my "Autobiography obscene." For those who know Russian language and who wish to read my "Autobiography obscene" in the internet, I can give the link. I am already 76 years old, I am constantly, daily work - giving birth photographs, drawings, paintings, and sometimes poetry and prose.