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Posted On: July 19th 2026, 01:24 pm

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Finallyyyyyy ✨✨✨

What started out as a printed magazine has evolved into something very special and accessible to all.

Full blog post will be up on substack tonight! Stay tuned x

After nearly a year of working on it, the longest it’s ever taken me to finish a painting by far, I’m so proud to present you my latest painting, Kankakee, 1938. Here we see a train of the New York Central passing through Kankakee, Illinois.

So why did it take me a year to work on? For the best reasons. I met the woman of my dreams, unfortunately she lives across the pond so we spent every free minute I had FaceTiming, getting to know each other and falling in love. Then I took up a second job with Uber because I reckon, being unmarried, living by myself, that I should take this season of my life as an opportunity to make some good money because I refuse to work more hours than I have to when I’m married.

Then my now fiancée came to America for the summer, and finally I was able to paint on Sundays because we’d spend all day creating together. You should check out @aroundtheyeardiy . As a creative, I can’t drive home what a difference it makes to be with a fellow creative, we understand how important how sacred each other’s creating time is.

All this to say, this took me a year to make and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. With me becoming Catholic and meeting the girl of my dreams just two weeks after I started working on this painting, I can say:

This painting was worked on during the most important and transformative time of my life.

I hope you all enjoy!

Есть места, где время будто замедляет свой бег… ✨
Сарыкум- золотое море песка 🌵 посреди дагестанских гор 🏔️ . Кажется, будто кусочек настоящей пустыни случайно оказался здесь, среди горных пейзажей.
Ветер рисует на песке свои узоры, солнце окрашивает барханы в тёплые оттенки золота, а вокруг- удивительная тишина и простор.

Именно здесь снимали легендарное «Белое солнце пустыни».
Дагестан умеет удивлять. Он разный, непредсказуемый и невероятно красивый. ❤️
От души благодарю @allegro_plus за невероятное путешествие 🧳
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#ольгакабо #актрисаольгакабо #кабопутешественник #дагестан #сарыкум
Рубашка @berta_muzis 💚💛

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