Creativity blossoms

A celebrated Russian artist uses flowers, ballerinas to build bridges among cultures. Ren Qi and Pan Mengqi report.

On a 2-meter high, 5-meter wide canvas, flower petals are painted densely with thick oil colors. If you look at the painting from farther away, the petals - painted in different shades of blue - form an exquisite scene of waves on the sea.

The painting, entitled Flower Wave, is one of the best-known works by Russian contemporary artist Lavrenty Bruni.