Tricks of the Summer

Artist: Leonid Afremov
Title: Tricks of the Summer

Media: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: (180cm x 120cm)
Date: 2010

 

Leonid Afremov was born born 12 July 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus. He loved there until 1990 where he then lived in Israel from 1990-2002. From 2002 to 2010 he resided in Boca Raton, Florida. He currently lives in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico.  In 1976 he married his wife Inessa Kagan, and the following year their first child Dmitry was born. In 1984 their second son, Boris was born.His children manage his virtual gallery and shipping office in Mexico where they currently live. Leonid is a modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oils. During his college years he was introduced to the work of March Chagall, Picasso, Dali, Modigliani and the 19th century French Impressionism. His early artwork was influenced by Chagall and Modigliani. "Leonid Afremov keeps the majority of his art politically neutral. His paintings are not offensive to anyone nor send any hidden messages. The paintings usually reflect certain personal memories and emotions. Leonid Afremov tries to draw the viewer to have a certain feeling rather than tell a story via the painting, or have the viewer see the world how he sees it." I chose this painting because it interprets summer in such an abstract way. It isn't like your ordinary summer painting, it's different. The trees are orange/yellow which make it look like summer but in the painting it also shows a wet ground as if it was raining as well as a person holding an umbrella which is where the title "Tricks of the Summer" comes into play. Although it doesn't usually rain in the summer, it sometimes does and this is what this image is trying to convey. I love summer rain and this was such a good painting to go with my theme of seasons with its abstract beauty.