Christmas Eve Is Here At Last – Premiere Of Four Fine Art Short Film “Miniaturettes”

Christmas Eve Is Here At Last (A Small Fragment Of The Painting)

By Fine Artist Elena V. Baranoff
Copyright 2005 
Registered In The Library of Congress Copyright Office USA
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Christmas Eve Is Here At Last – Premiere Of Four Fine Art Short Film “Miniaturettes”

As the holiday season approaches near, and Christmas is coming upon us very soon, for the festive season, I am introducing a brand new series of 4 miniature films featuring fragments from my painting, entitled Christmas Eve Is Here At Last. The creation of the painting was inspired by E. T. A. Hoffmann's fairy tale story The Nutcracker and music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Watch the Film “Miniaturettes” at

http://www.youtube.com/elenabaranoff

Each week will mark the release of a brand new, entertaining and festive short film. 

Please keep on visiting and enjoying the holiday cheer!

A Few Words of Christmas Inspiration!

Christmas Eve Is Here At Last
Part 1 - Christmas Decorations

Christmas! What can be more glorious than this blissful holiday, full of joy, beauty and kindness, which like the most loyal of friends always returns to delight us each year. 

Through the course of our lives, when Christmas time approaches near, our homes and all that surrounds us transforms before our very eyes.We begin to believe in miracles and the coming true of our most sacred of wishes.

Christmas is one of the most joyous times of the entire year, and all that is associated with it is dear and beloved by us all! It is a holiday of family, friendship and love! 

When I was a young girl, waiting in great anticipation for the moment my father would carry a tall, glorious green tree into our home, with its fresh pine scent, remains one of the most dear memories from my childhood. The Christmas tree, with its fluffy, satin branches would be placed in its place of honor, and I would be given the freedom to decorate it as my imagination pleased. 

I would place a footstool on top of a sturdy chair, just enough to reach the very top, and the magic would begin to fill the entire room, where I did not allow a single soul to enter until all the decorations had been put in place.

When the decorative topper shone high on the tree, strings of colored lights circled the evergreen branches, blown glass beads hung in twirling rows, the most delightful globes, pine cones, gingerbread pieces and the rest of the ornaments celebrated, rejoicing at their moment in the spotlight, when Santa Clause and the rest of my favorite dolls and toys would be seated under the heavy branches, only then would I triumphantly invite my mother and father to witness my creation. 

Naturally all would gasp in sheer delight and as a reward for my artistic efforts I was allowed to sleep on the sofa right by the Christmas tree. The lights would be dimmed in the room and only the sparkling and magical multi-colored tree lights, painted the room with their unforgettable, twinkling glimmer. 

For a long time I would look at the Christmas tree, the ornaments, the radiant reflections dancing on the walls, which lulled me into sleep, whisking me away into a fairy tale.

I shall never forget that magical feeling of happiness and even though I have since grown up and no longer the child I was then, I cherish those wonderful memories and endlessly adore Christmas time and all that comes with it.  

In 2004, when I lived in San Francisco, I created the painting Christmas Eve Is Here At Last, for all people who love and celebrate this glorious holiday!

During the creation of the painting, I endlessly listened to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composed for the ballet The Nutcracker.  

The fine art painting was created in the technique of watercolor, with microscopic brushstrokes. This truly unique technique, which I created, allowed me to add a unique brightness and saturated shine of colors, so dearly reminding me of my childhood memories of those magical reflections of Christmas tree lights glimmering on the wall.