Elena Efremova is a Russian watercolor artist living in France, and it’s time you started following her on Instagram. Her work seamlessly blends art, architecture, and photography in one stunning post after another. Efremova paints picturesque European landscapes and cities using water colors to produce an image that’s wonderfully evocative of its subject. She maintains a white border around her work, then inserts it back into its original environment and snaps a photo for Instagram. The results are imaginative and yet authentic feeling.
See for yourself (and start planning a trip):
Paris.
Because falling in love with this city is soooo hard to do.
Calanques (Inlet) de Luminy.
Marseille
It’s like she knows how to translate warmth into art.
Even a cloudy day becomes a masterpiece.
Seriously, isn’t this way better than people making that stupid pouty face on Instagram?
Porto, Portugal
How does this have less likes than a 16-year-old’s selfie?
In the words of Liz Lemon, “I want to go to there.”
Vallorbe, Switzerland
Russia
She must be a wizard! These are so good!
Lisbon, Portugal
A painting that can make you feel like you want to put on sunglasses is an impressive painting.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Look at how perfectly she captured the depth and weight of those clouds!
Okay, let’s all take up painting. Or, better yet, let’s all book tickets to Europe!
