Master Petrykivka painting Marfa tymchenko
March 25 was the birthday of Marfa tymchenko, the artist, the master of decorative painting. Her paintings are like nothing on earth, her life worthy of a novel. She was born in the village of Petrykivka in Dnipropetrovsk, in the homeland of the very famous Petrykivka painting. Drew can remember himself. Did the paint itself from the beet, berries, and my mother was making for her "kosacki" (tufts of cat fur), and then just stick in earth: [U]"Near the hut was a piece weeded the black earth: I plucked the grass, and watered for the night.
By morning, the ground settled, dry, and I drew on it hard palocci@
She survived the famine, was in the war. And on her canvases — Paradise! Such simple everyday stories, classic petrikivska strokes, but everything is so magical, full of love to his land, his people.
Her work I want to consider again and again, enjoying every detail.