Change of scenery, new cultures always give inflow of fresh thoughts and ideas, give a sense of freedom and vitality, what the French people call the “art de vivre”. I love big cities, capitals, their atmosphere and architecture. My hometown St. Petersburg inspires me a lot with its canals, palaces, parks, streets, and fantastic white nights. Also art, painting, especially Kandinsky, watercolors and calligraphy inspires me. And, of course, for each artist chief inspirer, muse is Nature; it is truly an inexhaustible source of ideas.