September 17, 2016. Oil on canvas. 15 x 20″

Russia. Moscow. 蘇茲達爾

Russia was a beautiful city, it had vast piece of land in its countryside.  This day we stayed in a small town called 蘇茲達爾, the hotel was huge but not impressive.  Yet the scenery just one step outside the hotel was already very charming.

It was also 5pm in the evening when we started painting.  Again the weather was unexpectedly cold and all I wished was to complete my painting.  In these extreme weather, human being appeared to be very weak.  I hadn’t brought enough warm clothing.  And I couldnt concentrate to my work when I felt very cold.

I admired those painters who worked in the snowy countries.  They must have loved painting very very much to endear such hardship.  But I agreed that no pain no gain.

I was lucky I finished in 50 mins before I chilled out.  When I planned to stop it started to rain making it impossible to continue.  My small painting wasn’t very satisfactory but I was happy as long as I tried my best.