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Happy Pride month! 🌈

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There is something sooo deeply American going on with Seattle Children’s Hospital that I think would brick the minds of everyone outside of the United States.

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The CHILDRENS hospital has to restrict helipad landings because of noise complaints from the wealthy home owners living next to it. Only the most urgent patients can land directly at the hospital. While the other kids have to land a mile away and are taken to the hospital via ambulance. Which is an unnecessary risk to the child’s life and also makes the families pay for the helicopter AND ambulance.

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Seattle Children’s says Laurelhurst noise concerns burdens lifesaving care for children

The hospital says some limits on helipad access add pressure when children need lifesaving care.

Apparently this has been going on for decades and is only getting traction because a pilot complained on Twitter.

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Acrylic on canvas, 60×70 cm

“Fallen into a Pond”

When I shared my new frog painting and the story about my son yesterday, people started writing: “You should paint a cat in a pond.”

But the funny thing is — I already did 🙂

This painting was created back in 2024 and was sold a long time ago, but today I wanted to share it with you again.

Maybe it’s not a coincidence that I once imagined it this way.

When I was a child, I had cats. Not just one — three of them. And like many little girls (and even grown-up girls), I adored them. I washed them, brushed them, cared for them, and talked to them like they were people.But one cat was special. He loved going to the lake with me when I went fishing. And the most surprising thing was — he swam. On his own. When the weather was hot, he would simply walk into the water and swim. Sometimes after butterflies, sometimes just beside me.It still amazes me, because cats usually hate water — and yet there was this cat, happily swimming across the lake.The world is far more surprising than we think.

Keep observing it. Keep wondering about it. And never stop noticing the small, strange miracles

#acrylicpainting #texturedart #catart #waterlilies #impressionistart

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Acrylic on canvas 60×60 cm

“Water Lilies and Burdocks” 2025

Last summer, in 2025, my children and I went on a journey through northern France.In Belgium, summer holidays last almost two months, and during this time schools and kindergartens are closed. Every year I think about how parents manage without grandparents nearby or any help from a partner.For me, this is always the period when I almost stop painting and fully focus on my children, simply because there is no one else to leave them with. But at the same time, these months often become the source of the warmest memories and unexpected inspiration.One of the places we visited was where Claude Monet once lived and worked. We walked through his famous gardens with the children, visited his home, and saw the pond with water lilies that inspired so many of his paintings. It felt surreal to walk along the same paths where the artist once searched for light, reflections, and color.I have never seen so many flowers in one place before. The gardens are incredibly well cared for, and everything there feels immersed in shades of green, blue, and violet. Painting there en plein air would be impossible though — there are so many visitors that everyone moves almost in a line behind each other. But even that short visit stayed with me for a very long time.I guess what I want to say is this:Spend more time with your children. Sometimes children lead us to places that later become part of our paintings, our memories, and our soul.

Children are inspiration too.

#waterlilies #acrylicpainting #claudemonet #impressionism #landscapepainting

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Acrylic on canvas 50×60 cm

“Present Lasts Only a Moment”

Our life is only a few decades long, and so often we spend it waiting. We wait for tomorrow, for next month, for better times, for new circumstances, or for some perfect moment. But while we keep waiting, the present quietly passes by — and in reality, life is made of these present moments.

I think it’s very important sometimes to stop and look around: at the people beside us, at ordinary moments, at evening light, conversations, children’s laughter, walks, and hugs. Even during difficult periods of life, there is always something real and beautiful to hold onto. That’s why I try to appreciate what I have today instead of only waiting for some perfect “later.”

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday with the people you love 🤍

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acrylic, canvas 50 * 50 cm «favorite object of the artist» 31.08.2019

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Acrylic on canvas, 80 × 60 cm “Beneath the Water Mirror”

I use Pinterest mainly as a personal archive of my artwork. Over the years, I’ve organized my paintings into collections by year, and sometimes, while browsing through old folders or recommendations, I come across photographs that make me see familiar things from a completely new perspective.That’s exactly how this painting began.I found a photograph of a swan diving underwater. The original image looked nothing like this painting—there were no underwater plants, no glowing light, no imagined world beneath the surface. But I was fascinated by the unusual point of view. I realized that I had never really seen a swan from that angle before.Unfortunately, I don’t know who took the photograph. It had been shared and saved on Pinterest without any credit to the photographer, so I can’t thank them personally.But that single image became the starting point for this painting. The underwater garden, the reflections, the colors, the atmosphere, and the story all came later as the work evolved. The swan was simply the spark that inspired the journey.So today I’d like to thank all photographers. You show us moments that most of us would never have the chance to witness ourselves. Sometimes one extraordinary image is enough to inspire an entirely new story on canvasAnd yes, I truly hope that swan was real and not AI-generated. The real world is already full of wonders if we take the time to look closely. 🤍

#AnastasiaTrusova #AcrylicPainting #ContemporaryArt #SwanArt #PinterestInspiration

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acrylic, canvas diameter 50 cm «August water lilies» 2019

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Acrylic on canvas, 40×50 cm

«Dragonfly and the Sunset Reflection»

For this painting, I used every color I felt belonged in it. As always, I didn’t use black. I still consider black the enemy of acrylic painting. Acrylics naturally dry a little darker and often shift in tone, and black can easily make a painting feel heavier and duller than intended.

The dragonfly came into this painting thanks to my middle son, who is six years old and currently fascinated by insects, birds, butterflies, dogs, and pretty much every living creature he can find. We spend a lot of time learning about insects together. From time to time I share the development of our Madagascan silk moths in my stories, showing how they grow from tiny eggs into beautiful creatures.

Lately, dragonflies have become his new favorite, so I simply couldn’t resist adding one to this sunset scene.

I also have a little dream. One day, I hope the children and I will have our own pond where we can grow aquatic plants, watch frogs, and observe dragonflies dancing above the water on warm summer evenings.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Tuesday. 💛

#dragonfly #sunsetpainting #acrylicpainting #landscapeart #natureinspired

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acrylic, canvas 40*50 cm “jellyfish in the ocean” 2024 #artwork #acrylicpainting

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acrylic on canvas 70*80 см «Waiting for the Big One» 2025

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acrylic, canvas 60*50 cm «growing excitement» 2025

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Acrylic on canvas 50×50 cm + 50×50 cm

“Dance of the Swallows”

Swallows are remarkable birds. We see them almost every day, which is probably why we often stop noticing them. They live close to people, building their nests under the roofs of houses, barns, schools, and kindergartens, as if trusting us with what matters most—their young.

This diptych was inspired by the swallows that have lived for years near my children’s kindergarten. They built their nests right on the children’s veranda, so close that the kids could watch tiny heads appear from the nests and little beaks open wide while waiting for their parents to bring food.

For the teachers, it was not always easy. They had to look after not only the children but also the swallow families. Young children do not always understand that baby birds should not be touched, taken from the nest, or disturbed. Sometimes the best way to help nature is simply to leave it alone.

What always amazed me was the courage of these birds. Despite the noise, movement, and dozens of children playing around them, they kept returning to their nests again and again.

In these paintings, I placed them among the branches of weeping willows. In the region where I grew up, willow trees were everywhere. They grow quickly, create beautiful shade in summer, and become especially magical when the wind moves through their long green branches. And when swallows weave through those branches, an ordinary summer day becomes something unforgettable.

Perhaps the most precious memories are made of moments just like these.

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Acrylic on canvas

Triptych, 120 × 200 cm «The Frog Catcher». This is a triptych.At the moment, this is the largest painting I have ever completed.Finally, it is finished.The Frog Catcher was inspired by a day at a children’s park with my sons. There was no natural pond there—just a shallow water play area where children could splash and play. Somehow a frog ended up trapped inside. The concrete walls were too high, and it could not get out on its own.All afternoon children tried to catch it. Some wanted to look at it more closely. Others wanted to rescue it and set it free.My middle son, who has loved frogs and insects for as long as I can remember, spent nearly two hours patiently trying to catch it. Eventually he succeeded. In the painting, he is holding the lunch box where he carefully placed his prize.But not everyone appreciated his enthusiasm.For the first time, he encountered the kind of adult aggression that children do not expect. A woman walked over, took the box from his hands without asking, removed the frog, and threw it into the bushes.What stayed with me was not the frog. It was the look on my son’s face.Children are naturally curious. They want to observe, explore, understand, and connect with the world around them. Sometimes adults forget that curiosity is not cruelty. Curiosity is how we learn.The generation before mine often caught frogs and insects to study them. The generation before that sometimes dissected them in school. Today many people see such interest and immediately assume the worst.Yet every scientist, naturalist, inventor, and explorer began as a curious child who wanted to look a little closer.This painting is about that curiosity.About childhood.About the small worlds hidden beneath the surface.And about the importance of letting children discover nature with wonder instead of fear.I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday.

I wish you kindness, love, childlike curiosity, and the courage to keep exploring the world around you.

❤️

Anastasia Trusova

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acrylic, canvas 50*50 cm “autumn, field and pine” 2023

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Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 60 cm

«Summer Up to Your Knees»

Sometimes happiness is much closer than we think.Not in the perfect moment. Not after reaching the next goal. Not when everything finally falls into place.But right here and now — in warm water, in a glowing sunset, in the laughter of people you love, in those long summer evenings that seem endless and yet pass so quickly.Summer reminds us of something important: life doesn’t begin tomorrow. It is already happening.So spend more time in the sunshine. Go swimming. Walk barefoot through the grass. Watch the clouds drift by. Collect memories instead of reasons to postpone your happiness.May this summer be not the most perfect one, but the most real one.

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