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Original watercolor painting entitled Payday, by New York artist Liliya Skubish (2016), matted for framing. Image size 19-1/2" x 13-1/2". A rowdy scene of pirates drinking and reveling over their spoils, which are being carefully doled out by a female pirate with dagger under the chin of a colleague who is presumably in disagreement about his share, all in vivid colors and with excellent representations of bodies and faces and emotions. About the artist: Liliya Skubish was born in Kishinev, Moldova, and her family moved back to Russia when she was two years old. She grew up in a small village surrounded by nature. As a child, she loved biology, where she learned about insects, animals and plants and drew them with great detail in her notebook. After finishing art school in her hometown of Mendeleevsk, she entered the Teacher Training Institute in Naberezhnie Chelny where she studied an academic approach to art. One year before graduating, Liliya moved to Brooklyn, NY where she went to The New York City College of Technology, CUNY studying Graphic Design and later, animation. She turned to illustration after being influenced by her teacher and thesis curator Anthony Accardo, a successful artist-illustrator. She completely surrendered to the study of illustration when she discovered The Golden Age of Illustration around the turn of the 20th century, and it evidently affected her artistic style. After graduation Liliya has worked on commissions for fairy tale themed paintings as well as keeping up with her own projects. Liliya considers herself self-taught: Where she stands now is the product of her regular visits to life drawing studio (Spring Studio in Soho, New York) and looking at art from early Renaissance to present.

Estimate: $1000 - 2000