Olena Hontar

My name is Olena. I was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. I graduated Kharkiv Art Academy, faculty of interior design. She worked as a designer for 3 years.
I started painting 6 years ago, with the appearance of my second child. One day I realized that I no longer wanted to sit in the office at a computer, but wanted to do what I liked since my childhood.
At first my works were copies of different famous artists. My works were exhibited on social media and they found their buyers. Then I wanted to open up more and trust my inner world, so my new author’s paintings began to be born.
From that period my creative journey began. Hobby went into a profession and then into a lifestyle.
My paintings are about what I see, what I feel, what my soul feels, I try to paint my emotions and part of my soul.
I study nature and its forms. I set picturesque tasks. I experiment and look for new compositional, colors and figurative solutions. My paintings are filled with light and warmth. I love to use the warm palette for my paintings and I don’t use black color palette.
At the moment I create my paintings in the style of impressionism, in pasty painting technique with the use of the palette knife. My favorite genres in which I work are landscapes, archite...

Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts

2018, Ukraine, Kharkiv, MY Gallery "Gift to special children"
2018, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Artist 's House, All-Ukrainian "Animalist" Art Exhibition.