Valery Bulat: Iconographer

It is about a talented Ukrainian artist Valery Bulat, his paintings of a Cathedral. It is about his life in Leningrad in the communist "stagnant" years of the 1980s, during "perestroika". Valery as an artist was formed under the world culture of Hermitage and the influence of his first love and wife Elena. Book describes his connections with rock star Viktor Tsoi and legendary British Uriah Heep. It is a great book about religious art, icons, and cathedral wall decorations. This book is about goals, plans, and the destiny of the talented, well-known Ukrainian artist Valery Bulat, who lived at the difficult time his country was going through. Valery was speaking directly to God when he worked under the dome of a Cathedral, during the creation of his frescoes and icons on the walls.
This book is about some changes in a pivotal era of transformation in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), which has always been an intellectual and spiritual center of Russia. This is a great town, with its beautiful architectural ensembles; art galleries raised aesthetic attitude and elegant taste of the future artist. In this city Valery met many people who influenced his life. There he met his love and his first wife Elena, who inspired and supported him in all his endeavors. This book presents some of his earlier works, late paintings, icons and frescoes which are a testament and the reward of his life. All of us who love the art should support good artists, who gave their soul to the humanity, and serve peace and beauty.