Ryazan, Russian Federation
Russian naive artist Medvedeva works on a portrait in her house in the village of Pervo in Ryazan region...
Russian naive artist Katya Medvedeva works on a portrait in her house in the village of Pervo in Ryazan region 350 km (217 miles) east of Moscow, December 28, 2005. Medvedeva began painting when she was 39, and already her pictures are preserved in modern art galleries in Germany and the U.S., as well as in many private collections. Katya?s work has twice been exhibited at the Marc Chagall Museum in Nice. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin