Gary J. Kirkpatrick Art and Travel Blog
Expressionistic art
In the Park in St Petersburg Russia is set in a popular park along the river. The ghost-like appearance of some people really struck me. Russian faces, a bright brass steeple, a Kupka inspired background.
In the streets of St Petersburg you see people from all over Russia.
Some of the people from the far north are ghost like as they roam the streets of St Petersburg. This young woman is from Siberia.
Twice poisoned journalist and opposition leader Vladimir Vladimirovich Kara-Murza. Story below.
He is a well known opposition activist who has faced life threatening conditions twice over the past several years resulting from apparent attempts to assassinate him by poisoning. Close friend Boris Nemtsov, also an opposition leader, was shot and killed near the Kremlin in 2015.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called on the Trump administration and new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to “make Kara-Murza’s cause America’s cause,” to question Russian authorities on the incident and to “ultimately hold Putin accountable if he was targeted by the regime.” Trump has not announced any action and given his unwilling to criticize Putin for anything at all he probably won’t do anything in response.
I’m always fascinated by the countless variations of the human face.
