American beauty Christie Brinkley

American beauty Christie Brinkley

American beauty Christie Brinkley looks phenomenal if you accept the fact that she is 60 years old. Christie Brinkley is the emboidiment of eternal beauty, proving that women are not aging anymore. Even if she had botox, and some other enhancement done to her face, she wouldn't have this youthful appearance without good genes given to her by nature. In addition to good genes Christie Brinkley lives a healthy lifestyle, she is a long time vegetarian and activist for animal rights and the environment. Christie Brinkley believes its time we change our reaction to the numbers as we age. There are 30-year olds that are a lot older than many 60 year olds. "I dont think we should judge our age by the number of wrinkles we have, or how many grey hairs ....but by our spirit".
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Painting by Armenian artist Martiros Manoukian

Painting by Armenian artist Martiros Manoukian

Contemporary artist Martiros Manoukian was born in a cradle on Mount Ararat, and climbed to the top of Olympus art in less than half a century - it was August 5, 1947 in Yerevan, the Armenian capital. "I was born an artist. God gives us something at birth, and that's it. I always believed in myself". Artistic ability allowed him to enter the Academy of Fine Arts right after graduation from high school. As a child, Martiros was absorbed in classical painting, liked to visit the galleries and museums, looking for quiet contemplation of paintings of great artists.
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Joker. Jewellery Design Studio Finix-M, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Joker. Jewellery Design Studio Finix-M, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Russian Jewellery Design Studio 'Finix-M' was founded in 1989 in Yekaterinburg. The upscale professionals working in the studio 'Finix-M' use natural precious stones, including rare, of different sizes and cut - beautiful and intriguing sapphires, diamonds, tourmalines, spinel, rubies, and opals. The works of the Ural jewelers have been recognized in Russia and abroad, awarded diplomas at prestigious jewelry art exhibitions. On production of figurine of the Joker (photo above) the jewelers used a great variety of precious and semi-precious stones - Moss agate, marbled onyx, coral, Afghan lapis lazuli, Chalcedony, tiger's eye, different kinds of jasper, Brazilian agate, and also precious Metal: Gold and Silver.
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The Jewel Box

The Jewel Box

The Jewel Box Star cluster. The Jewel Box (NGC 4755 at 7,500 light years) in the Southern Hemisphere is a star cluster about 20 light years across with 198 stars. The stars from Earth are exceptionally beautiful with colors varying from red and yellow, to the more common blue-white with a number of luminous B-type giant stars and a red super giant star. It is also situated near the dark nebula called the Coal Sack. A planet orbiting one of the member stars would have a night sky blazing in brightness with hundreds of stars brighter than Venus or Jupiter at their most brilliant. Several stars may even exceed the brightness of the full moon if we were close enough. These would appear as a dazzling red and several blue stars. The Jewel Box is one of the finest objects in the southern sky.
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Decorative hot enamel art by Russian artist Tatiana Sipovich

Decorative hot enamel art by Russian artist Tatiana Sipovich

Decorative art by Tatiana Sipovich. Russian artist of applied art Tatiana Sipovich was born in 1957. She graduated from the Kursk pedagogical university, the graphics faculty. Tatiana Sipovich works in the technique of a water color, hot enamel, painting. Tatyana has been taking an active part in regional, republican, international exhibitions, and also international symposiums on hot enamel. Tatiana Sipovich is a Member of Artists Union of Russia, the International Association of Fine Arts - IAA UNESCO.
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