{"id":1898,"date":"2017-05-01T03:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/?page_id=1898"},"modified":"2021-08-31T18:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:13:48","slug":"oil-paintings-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/?page_id=1898","title":{"rendered":"2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Starers-2-2016-alex-Lavrov-24x24.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1899\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1899 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Starers-2-2016-alex-Lavrov-24x24-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Starers-2-2016-alex-Lavrov-24x24-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Starers-2-2016-alex-Lavrov-24x24-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Starers-2-2016-alex-Lavrov-24x24-1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;Starers 2&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">24\u00d724 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Some of us may remember such a phenomenon as the Cold War.<br \/>\nThis artwork is an interpretation of the subject.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">____<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/prisoners-of-desire-30x40-alex-lavrov-2017-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1901\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1901\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/prisoners-of-desire-30x40-alex-lavrov-2017-1-750x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"541\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;Prisoners Of Desire&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">40\u00d730 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An eternal entanglement in the web of desires is a part of our existence as human beings. Can we ever free ourselves?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/The-abbey-road-trip-24x30-alex-lavrov-2017.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1902\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1902\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/The-abbey-road-trip-24x30-alex-lavrov-2017-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;The Abbey Road Trip&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">24\u00d730 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(commissioned)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1945\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml-417x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml-417x1000.jpg 417w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml-125x300.jpg 125w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml-300x720.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_2948sml.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;The Birth Of Righteous Selfishness&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">20\u00d748 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a kind of selfishness that can be called righteous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is especially true when it comes to the world of art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When an artist does something for others, in the sense that he\/she is trying to please others, \u00a0but doesn\u2019t enjoy his\/her actions in the process of achieving the goal, most likely the outcome of such an approach will be mediocre at best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, if an artist has a vision of his\/her own and strives to bring it to life despite what other people might think or want, he\/she has better chances of creating a masterpiece, thus satisfying his\/her creative desire and possibly pleasing others as well with the creation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist must be selfish when it comes to his\/her own art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alcohol-2017-20x16-A.Lavrov-s.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1940\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1940 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alcohol-2017-20x16-A.Lavrov-s-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alcohol-2017-20x16-A.Lavrov-s-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alcohol-2017-20x16-A.Lavrov-s-800x1000.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Alcohol-2017-20x16-A.Lavrov-s-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;Alcohol&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">20\u00d716 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Alcohol. It gives power with one hand, squeezes out life juices with another.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Sea-In-The-Fish-2017-30x30-A.Lavrov-s-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1948\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1948 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Sea-In-The-Fish-2017-30x30-A.Lavrov-s--300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Sea-In-The-Fish-2017-30x30-A.Lavrov-s--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Sea-In-The-Fish-2017-30x30-A.Lavrov-s--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alexlavrovart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/The-Sea-In-The-Fish-2017-30x30-A.Lavrov-s--1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>&#8220;The Sea In The Fish&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil painting on canvas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">30\u00d730 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t you see?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;s the sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the tiniest fish<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Starers 2&#8221; Oil painting on canvas 24\u00d724 inches. 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