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The world is full of fantastic miracles
And life itself - a great miracle:
And the rain, shed from heaven,
And the sun, round as a dish.
The whole world is shining around
And the stars - the mystery of the universe.
And you - my loyal, good friend -
Always a mystery, a mystery forever.
Tatiana Lavrov
Hope Strelkina - professional artist, member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Born in 1960 in the village of Fedoskino (40 kilometers north of Moscow) graduated from Fedoskino school of miniature painting. Worked at Fedoskino lacquer miniature factory.
So, hope was born in the village of Fedoskino. Strelkina - this is her married name and her maiden name it - Burbysheva. Family Burbyshevyh gave several generations of art by famous artists. At the turn of XIX-XX centuries great-grandfather owned a factory of Hope "Burbyshevskaya workshop" that produced lacquer painted snuff boxes, cigar boxes, souvenir cups and so on. The revolution of 1917 made it impossible to private enterprise, and "Burbyshevskaya workshop" ceased to exist. But artistic traditions and skills passed down from the old masters to young people, and in the late 1920s were open Fedoskinskya lacquer painting workshop, and in it - school. This school and graduated from Hope Strelkina. Hope fully mastered the ancient technique of painting with gold and silver. Her painting looks nice and gently. Her talent allows you to send a happy invigorating mood in colorful pictures, you can feel the joy of life emanating from her work.
Hope Strelkina work are in the Museum of the Fedoskino factory, as well as in many private collections in Russia and abroad; She takes part in exhibitions of applied arts worldwide. In 1995, the work of Hope have been licensed in the United States and immediately gained immense popularity: their motives were used for painting utensils, Christmas decorations, cards. By order of Bradford Exchange Hope wrote a series of sketches "Angels playing music" for painting porcelain tableware. For this work, in 1997 she was awarded by the company Crystal Cup and the title of "New Name of the Year".
Hope now with her husband and son live in Moscow, but spent every summer in Fedoskino: nature gives her native places inspiration. No wonder the artist is named "Hope" - she runneth creative plans and hopes for the future.
