- SKU: 9781477446577
- BARCODE: 9781477446577
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A little book of cat: Meditations on Japanese art of sumi-e and the essence of catness. - Paperback
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by Poul a. Costinsky (Author)
Meditations on Japanese art of sumi-e and the essence of catness. All the illustrations in this book are original sumi-e (Japanese ink on paper) paintings by Poul A. Costinsky. See more at http: //polyrealism.com/cats/cats.shtml
Author Biography
Poul A. Costinsky was born in former USSR, in city of Lvov, on the border with Poland. He finished Lvov's art school, class of painting, in 1982. Later he moved to Moscow, where he participated in then underground art scene. In 1998, he moved to Seattle, and inspired by city's artistic energy, started new series of paintings, which culminated in his first show on American soil, in Pitcairn Scott Gallery, in April 2002. Since then he regularly shows in the gallery and various other venues in Seattle. His art can be found in private collections all over the world. At some time, trying to convince public and critics that he is not representative of "bold surrealism from behind Iron Curtain" (from Stranger's art review), he half-jokingly invented new art movement, called polyrealism. It stuck, and now is the name of this web site. He mostly paints oil on canvas, but sometimes uses other media like Japanese ink on paper, acrylics, spray paints, and even photo camera. His art reflects on human condition in our hectic age, the nature of beauty of body, soul and nature around us. His art credo comes as a quote from a Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, who, once asked how to become a real artist, answered: "if you can help it, don't". Visit his web site at http: //polyrealism.com for more information.
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