Irina Bruckner

Just then some Hunters came out of the forest, they had been following the wolf...

This water colour sketch was filmed from the beginning - from first brush stroke to the final one, to create an impression of picture painted. There are several landscapes and scenes in the visuals for the Peter and the Wolf, that were painted and photographed to document the work in the progress.

Hunters were painted on glossy cardboard with ink, then cut out and moved across the screen with the background painted on a rice paper.

What kind of a bird you are, if you can not swim? What kind of a bird you are if you can not fly?
I always thought about it, if it is applied to an artist:
To Van Gogh:
"What kind of an artist you are, if you can not sell your work?"
Van Gogh:
"What kind of the artist you are, if you only paint to sell?"

I had have traveled to Russia every summer to visit my grandpa from early 70s to 1985. I have painted scenery for Peter and the Wolf from my childhood memories. Some of the landscapes are washed and subtle to resemble the landscape of my travel by train. I have filled in the landscape of memories with the characters of Peter and the Wolf.