<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9820cad7-56da-4ba3-be93-35418eca95d7/1FA41BEE-D046-4862-A083-645F3B3C8E22/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html" href="http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html" style="font-size: 11px;">amolife.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="100%" class="contentheading">Magnificent Oil Paintings by Leonid Afremov. Part 1 </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Afremov">Leonid Afremov</A> is a Belarus born, Israeli modern painter who creates unique landscapes, cityscapes and figures using a palette knife rather than a brush to paint.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://amolife.com/image/art/oil-painting-by-leonid-afremov.html"><P><B>"<I>I tried different techniques during my career, but I especially fell in love with painting with oil and pallette-knife. Every artwork is the result of long painting process; every canvas is born during the creative search; every painting is full of my inner world. Each of my paintings brings different mood, colors and emotions. I love to express the beauty, harmony and spirit of this world in my paintings. My heart is completely open to </I></B><I><A href="http://amolife.com/art/precious-quotes-about-art-by-oscar-wilde.html"><B>art</B></A><B>. Thus, I enjoy creating inspired and </B><A href="http://amolife.com/art/inspirational-masterpieces-by-great-artists.html"><B>beautiful paintings</B></A><B> from the bottom of my soul. Each of my artworks reflects my feelings, sensitivity, passion, and the music from my soul. </B><A href="http://amolife.com/art-and-entertainment/index.php"><B>True art </B></A></I><B><I>is alive and inspired by humanity. 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