At last a pleasant day – with Mount Vitosha sharply edged in
blue; white clouds scudding across its face; and people at last enjoying their
coffees at the pavement cafes.
Diana Staykov’s “Absinthe” gallery is a welcome
new addition to the galleries which can be found on Tzar Samuil (it’s at no 37).
She focuses on aquarelles and set the tone by pouring us a glass of one of the
most stunning Sauvignon Blancs I’ve ever tasted.
It was actually a 2010 New
Zealand Marlborough but made by a young Bulgarian Alex Velianov who now markets
the wines under the brand Two Friends and brings the wines back to Bulgaria on his visits.
I was also taken with the work of Atanas Matsoureff in a book lying in the gallery. His website is even more interesting for its examples of his drawings, aquarelles and paintings. Some of the portraits - such as this one - remind me of the famous Andrew Wyeth! I realised, I had already seen some of his drawings at Byliana’s A and B Gallery.
But it was the 20 cm bronze sculpture of Marianna Kusheva which really took my fancy
and now has pride of place in our small Sofia attic flat.
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