This sleep story is inspired by Ukrainian painter Maria Primachenko's 'Autumn is riding on a horseback'.. Our hero in this story is called Maria Prymachenko. She was born in 1908 in the village of Bolotyna, in Ukraine. Her father was a carpenter who made beautiful things. Her mother and grandmother were also talented at making things that were wonderful to look at, and they taught Maria embroidery and how to hand-paint Easter eggs. With so much art and beauty at home, it is perhaps no wonder that Maria, from a very early age, began painting and creating art.