Paintings, photos from Passepartout It's all in the past

The canvas depicts two women, quite elderly. One of them is sitting on the porch knitting with knitting needles. On her head is a black handkerchief with white polka dots. Behind this woman's back is a samovar, and next to her on a wooden step is a set of Gzhel from a large tea mug and a deep saucer of blue—white tones. A little further across the table from the previous person, another elderly lady is sitting on an armchair, she is wearing a powdered wig, a large soft pillow along her back is under her, and another pillow is under her feet, a devoted dog is lying on the floor next to her. The lady herself is half asleep, as if exposing her face to the sun, in the distance we see a mansion that clearly belongs to her, and right at hand she has a wand. Lilac blooms over the woman. This woman's attire is elegant, in a sense of the word. Yellow floral dress and a bow on the neck. A butterfly in a wig of the color of a concentrated sea wave. Behind the grandmother in the headscarf is an ordinary wooden house with two windows open wide, from which greenery sticks out, and a colorful blanket hung on the porch railing. The two women are separated by a table full of expensive dishes standing on a beautiful Indian tablecloth of brick color…