Illustrations for The Journey of Dr. Leonardo (for Osnovy Publishing) 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm | 19,5 x 23,5 in
Illustrations for the book “The Journey of the Scientist Doctor Leonardo and His Future Mistress, the Beautiful Alchesta, to Slobozhansk, Switzerland” by Mike Johansen.
The series, created last winter, was a wonderful opportunity to distract from modernity without losing its deep meanings. For me, this project is an opportunity to enter into a dialogue with Johansen, to create a kind of collaboration.
Johansen’s literary landscapes seem to me very similar to the feelings that I try to put into my magical landscapes. I let my characters into this space — both a flower and a dream. Or vice versa — Johansen’s work changed the usual roles of my heroes.
