#002148 Title: "...How I can live without love...?" Artist: Karlov Vladimir Size: 15x8x4 Size (inches): 6x3.25x1.5 Price: $495

This adorable piece of Russian lacquer artistry was created by the talented V. Karlov of Kholuy. It is unique because it has been painted by means of natural pigments. Natural pigments are rocks and minerals such as clay, coal, limestone, etc. The technology of painting using natural pigments was applied by Russian icon painters during centuries. It helped to achieve rich and beautiful coloring; and this alluring composition can easily prove this fact.
The work is based on the poem written by Richard Lewis. In the upper left corner of the composition there is the quatrain from this poem written in gold paints:

"If I don't love anybody, I'm free