DREAM HARBOR — PALETTE KNIFE Oil Painting On Canvas By Leonid Afremov

I'm a retired jazz trombonist. The essence of jazz is improvisation. Improvisation is the ability to look at a thing from a different perspective each time you look at it. That is what the pallet knife wielding Mr. Leonid Afremov does with his recreations. I have the pleasure of waking each morning and looking up the rain swept street of "The Loneliness of Autumn" and wondering where my road may take each day. I wasn't prepared for the blaze of color or the depth of feeling when I tore the boxing open at delivery even though I had looked at the painting on the internet dozens of times before purchasing. It was like seeing and hearing Louis Armstrong in person for the first time after just listening to him on recordings. Some times it even awakens the urge to pick up my horn and blow a few choruses straight at the painting expecting it to blow a chorus or two back at me. The man is a magician.

We are exceptionally happy with the purchase we made. It is definitely not a print. We hope to add more of his wonderful works to our collection.

I received your painting before. I'm happy as a child. I wish good health to the master for him, for his children and for our happiness. Thank you, thank you, thank. PAULIN 11 /04 /2014