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Constantine Cherkas Floral Series browse these categories for related items... Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Pre 1980: item # 266395 Please refer to our stock # 0058 when inquiring. ROBERT'S ANTIQUES AND FINE ART 417 TROUT GULCH ROAD APTOS,CA. 95003 831-684-2942 Th-Su Guest Book $4500.00 |
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| Constantine Cherkas 24" X 30" Born in Sumi, USSR, he became a US citizen. His art studies were at the Moscow Academie of Fine Arts, MFA 1941; the Vienna Academie of Fine Arts, 1945; and the Munich Academie of Fine Art, 1945-49. Becoming a resident of Julian, California, he has been active in numerous exhibitions there. He is known for watecolor and oil landscapes. Moments of Light... by Constantine; "I can describe my work process roughly as follows: first of all, my method is a slow one and sometimes it takes years to complete a project. The initial idea of lighting must be inspired by nature. For example, the theme of "Autumn in Nebraska" flashed in my mind when I witnessed during my stay there an approach of a sudden storm. Dark clouds gathered rapidly, a cloudburst followed and then in a few moments the rain was gone and a rainbow spanned the horizon. This was in 1965 and at that time I managed to complete two sketches. Then I started to work on a big realistic canvas and re-worked it several times. Years later I began to abstract this painting and to balance the sun spots, but only in 1980 was I finally able to finish it when I broke up the painting into individual sections with varying lighting, showing simultaneously the approaching storm, the receding cloudburst and the sparkling rainbow." | |
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