To understand whether you like the picture or not, one glance is enough. Each of them has its own energy, its own invisible message. Paintings by Leonid Afremov, a well-known artist today Belarusian origin, have an amazingly powerful aura. Who knows, but I think it's all about color! The colors selected by Afremov are clean, bright and as if alive.
The author prefers orange, yellow, red and blue - colors that charge with health and strength, bring peace and quiet joy. The red color is not in vain chosen as the favorite of the goddess of prosperity Lahmi (Hinduism), this is the color of the first chakra, responsible for attracting love and sexual energy. Yellow heals the soul and stimulates thinking, activates the brain. Take a closer look - this is a whole color therapy!
Leonid Afremov was born in Vitebsk (1955), where he graduated from the art school founded by Chagall. In the USSR, he was not destined to become famous - he did not know how to write "ideologically correct." Leonid leaves for Israel, where uncertainty plays into his hands - he is free to write what he wants. “While no one knew me, I was nothing and no one - everyone loved and respected me,” he would write later. Came with fame harsh criticism and the first prohibitions - you can’t draw nudes, you can’t even draw a black man. In the end, it came to a broken workshop. The artist moves to the USA, then to Mexico, in a sunny and bright, like his paintings, Playa del Carmen. There he lives to this day.
Leonid Afremov has an unusual and at the same time simple style, the very technique of painting. He does not use a brush - only a palette knife, a special trowel with which artists remove paint from canvas. This technique is often referred to as "palette knife". Leonid was not the first to paint with the so-called "palette knife" technique - it is quite popular in the USA, among modern post-impressionists, but he came to it rather by force. He first tried such a letter as a student, and returned to it only 15 years later, making sure that an ordinary brush did not give the purity of color that he was looking for. A palette knife can simply be wiped down before use, unlike a brush. The paints do not mix and the strokes become cleaner. As a result, the artist gets the color he wants, and not the unfortunate surprise of an indefinite shade. Small parts, of course, you can’t write to them, but this has its own plus - painting becomes simply ... impressionistic. Paints "vibrate", they live and seem to breathe.
Palette knife technique also has disadvantages. As soon as the paint dries, work has to be stopped. Therefore, you need to write quickly, the artist has only a few hours left. large paintings written in chunks. Each piece is carefully written only once - it will not be possible to remake or write over the old one.
Leonid's daily life is no different from the life of a simple accountant - the same schedule worked out over the years. From morning to evening in the workshop. In the evening - TV, history books, sleep. Everyday work.
“Often I need to be alone. Be alone with yourself. Especially often I want to stay in autumn. Autumn, as a result, as the culmination of summer. On days like these I leave my tiredness and Bad mood I walk in silence and listen to my steps. One two Three. Somewhere in the distance you can hear the noise of the city. And it's quiet around me. You can barely hear the waters of the lake gently stroking the shore. I try to hear the leaves falling to the ground and count my steps again. One two Three. I listen and look at my thoughts, trying to see and slow them down. I watch the falling leaves, try to remember the play of colors and patterns on the path. I walk the path alone, but I walk with the autumn."
This Belarusian artist called modern impressionist. His paintings are full of life and emotion. It is impossible to pass by his bright canvases, painted in an unusual technique.
Talented Belarusian artist Leonid Afremov never ceases to amaze social media users with his works. His paintings are always emotional, they evoke only positive and joyful emotions, despite the fact that the artist depicts autumn. Afremov does not paint with brushes. He uses a palette knife (special knife-shovel), with which oil paints skillfully imposes the necessary strokes.
Many compare Afremov with the great masters of the past. But the artist insists that he has found his own style. His work can be regarded as modern Art which is based on the traditions of the past.
The artist himself notes: “The human mind is peculiar. We tend to cling to the past and be overcritical of the present. We compare new creations with classic masterpieces and look for the slightest flaws. The grass may have been greener centuries ago, but talented people are born today.
Leonid Afremov prefers to post his works in social media rather than do personal exhibitions in galleries. His artistic philosophy is based on the idea that art should not be limited to the elite.
Autumn is different. For some, autumn is sad, decorated with cold rains and piercing winds, and for some, despite the bad weather, autumn is a golden time. It's time to collect not only armfuls yellow leaves, but also wander in the rain, enjoy the romance of fallen leaves, inhale the languid coolness. This is what autumn sees famous artist Leonid Afremov.
His autumn is an autumn shimmering with a sea of warm shades, which make it beautiful despite the rain and cold. Autumn is a little mysterious and mysterious, sometimes thoughtful and romantic. Sometimes even a little sad. Autumn is nostalgia, autumn is a mystery, autumn is romance… Autumn has many faces.
The drawing technique of Leonid Afremov is unusual and simple at the same time. Instead of a brush, Leonid Afremov uses a knife, which artists use to remove paint from canvas.
Leonid Afremov was born in Vitebsk in 1955, graduated from the art school founded by Chagall in 1921. Having not gained fame in the USSR, he moved to Israel, where he became famous. Some time later, the artist moved to the United States, where he lives to this day. 
Autumn is different. For some, autumn is sad, decorated with cold rains and piercing winds, and for some, despite the bad weather, autumn is a golden time. It's time to collect not only armfuls of yellow leaves, but also to wander in the rain, enjoy the romance of fallen leaves, inhale the languid coolness. This is exactly how the famous artist Leonid Afremov sees autumn.
His autumn is an autumn shimmering with a sea of warm shades, which make it beautiful despite the rain and cold. Autumn is a little mysterious and mysterious, sometimes thoughtful and romantic. Sometimes even a little sad. Autumn is nostalgia, autumn is a mystery, autumn is romance… Autumn has many faces.
The drawing technique of Leonid Afremov is unusual and simple at the same time. Instead of a brush, Leonid Afremov uses a palette knife.
Leonid Afremov was born in Vitebsk in 1955, graduated from the art school founded by Chagall in 1921. Having not gained fame in the USSR, he moved to Israel, where he became famous. Some time later, the artist moved to the United States, where he lives to this day.
In longing-nostalgia for the summer, few, alas, are able to notice the quiet, charismatic beauty autumn months. They only remember when the trees stand half-naked, shivering and frowning in the cold rains and piercing winds. recent weeks november. And, of course, they begin to sigh and complain about how vile, disgusting and dank autumn is today. But the real autumn is different. Bright, warm, colorful! Just like on unusual pictures Belarusian artist Leonid Afremov, with whom we will introduce you today.
Leonid Afremov paints his paintings full of positivity, passion and fire without using a brush. Instead, he uses a special spatula knife called a palette knife. With its help, the author applies strokes to the canvas, which subsequently add up to stunning landscapes.
Despite the simplicity of the plots - nature, rain, evening, romance in the park, flowers, the sea, neat houses - Leonid Afremov is considered one of the outstanding contemporary artists. By the way, at one time he graduated from the famous art school in Vitebsk, the birthplace of Marc Chagall, where the unforgettable Malevich and Kandinsky studied.
Leonid Afremov loves to travel. According to him, this charges him with positive and enthusiasm, which he then puts into his new works. Today the artist lives in the USA, in small town Florida, and all his paintings can be viewed in extensive gallery personal
