Vladimir KushMetaphorical RealismVladimir KushMy American odyssey . I was born in Russia , in small on e 　- storeyed wooden house on the northern edge of Moscow , near the forest - park Sokolniki where in patriarchial times Russian Tsars were engaged in falconry . My career as an artist began when I was a child of 3 or 4 . My father was a scientist , but everyone on his side of the family used to draw all the time . I remember , how in the long winter evenings I used to sit on my father ' s lap finishing his drawings . .. 출처 http : / / www . shafferfineart . com / http : / / www . jacobgallery . com / castello . tistory . com / entry / Vladimir - Kush