ABOUT LAST NIGHT

Mila Filatova

Watercolor on paper, framed

11 x 14 inches 

2020

About Mila Filatova:
Mila Filatova was born in Siberia — yes, among actual bears. Growing up on the fringes of the wild, she developed an early and intimate understanding of nature's more private moments, and a keen awareness of just how much remains hidden in plain sight.

The idea for Bears Behaving Bad arrived, as the best ideas do, uninvited — somewhere mid-psychedelic journey, a vision appeared: bears, undeniably cute, undeniably occupied. She ran home, picked up a paintbrush for the first time in her life (you should be impressed), and hasn't looked back.

She briefly explored the secret lives of foxes and bunnies, but found them neither secret enough nor sexy enough for her particular brand of inquiry. Bears, it turns out, are her people.