Lightness of Being
Lightness of Being
Art of Irina Kopelevich

 
“I paint because it makes me happy to be able to put the world that lives in my head on a piece of paper. I am not concerned with proportions but with movement and color. I am trying to paint music in my pictures, I am trying to freeze the moment. “ –– Irina Kopelevich

About the Author:

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photo by Irina Kopelevich
Irina Kopelevich
Denver, Ciolorado

Irina is originally from Riga, Latvia.  She immigrated to the US in 1980  and became a local  Denver, Colorado artist.  Her work has been exhibited in galeries and in various exhibitions throughout the Denver Metro area.  Irina primarily paints with a mixture of tempera and ink wash, watercolors, and charcoal.  She is a member of the Colorado Watercolor Society, and her work has been featured in the April 2007 issue of the Hadassah Magazine

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Bookshelf
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A hybrid scholarly and literary volume of popular Russian-language Soviet children’s texts alongside essays that outline the significance and meanings behind these popular texts.

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A collection of nonsense poetry for readers who love Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and all things delightfully peculiar.

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A haunting dystopia some readers have called “the new 1984.” In a society where memory is rewritten and resistance is pre-approved, freedom isn’t restricted; it’s redefined. As systems evolve beyond human control and choice becomes a simulation, true defiance means refusing the script, even when the system already knows you will.

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EastWest Literary Forum Bilingual Poetry & Prose Reading. July 13, 2025.
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