24” x 30” oil painting on canvas Childhood innocence and joy captured in oil. #artwork #childrensart #homedecorideas #oilpaintingart #bubbles #kidsroom

Living in a certain place leaves a trace on you. The way you remember childhood, what makes you nostalgic, and sometimes even the way you create. Like in the case of Nastasya Chudakova. Nastasya paints beautiful and cozy pieces with fragments from her childhood and life in Kaluga, Russia.

transition from childhood to adulthood

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Carl grew up to fast in my opinion

When I first held my baby daughter, it felt like I would have forever with her. And in those early days, when you had to stand by every second to make sure your baby wouldn’t stick her finger in an electrical socket when you looked away or rolled off the changing table when you reached for a diaper — it definitely felt like parenting was going to go on forever. But as any parent will tell you, in the grand scheme of things, that "forever" is really just a too-short 18 years, and they go by…