SAMARA: Alina (left) was hanging out with friends Alexandra and Nastya by the Volga riverside in Samara, each holding hot drinks from a nearby McDonald’s as they watched people skiing, walking and winter kite surfing along the frozen river. Alexandra and Nastya, 17, first met Alina at an art class they all currently attend outside of their regular studies.
Alina said her favorite artist is Salvador Dali, but that she is inspired by work of modern, unknown artists ”as their art is normally created from their hearts.” Alina said her first portrait will be that of a girl ”to show her deep inner world…what she sees and the nature she feels.”