Leonid Gervits’s portrait Patrick Meany has been purchased by Russian poet and collector Yevgenii Yevtushenko for his museum in Peredelkino, just southwest of Moscow.
Every time I travel to Italy, I feel as though it is my first visit. Even when you think you really know the country, you can never anticipate what you will see.
“There is a pleasure principle in all art, OK? For me that must include something else which is incredibly important, which is what I talked about before—that human element.” —Burton Silverman
I think it’s important to be able to paint exactly what you want. For me that meant not having to do illustrations or take portrait commissions for a living. I had to be independent.
