The model, Ksenoa, is a talented professional dancer, her strong yet delicate figure was an inspiration. This work participated in many collective exhibitions, including one abroad - in Ibiza, Spain. It was also used as a cover image for my personal exhibition in Russia. The local government considered the work too explicit and I had to cover up a fragment of it. This painting is a part of a long-lasting project of paintings depicting people not showing their face, showing mostly their back and pose. All of them are painted on plywood. The choice of material was crucial, because I wanted to have the most natural source, not processed in so many ways as paper, for instance. The material which would still be alive. When I work on the painting