Olena Sokolovska

“I like to explore the technology of oil painting: azure and opaque painting for the play of light, contrasts of light and shadow like the old masters of the Renaissance, mixing the real and the unreal, realism and abstraction. This way I enjoy the diversity during my work, and painting becomes not only a job, but a game and pleasure. To paint means freedom for me, a place where I find beauty of life, and nature is my muse. If I had to describe my art in words, I would say: cheerfulness and playfulness, lightness and movement, but I prefer to let the viewer discover his own story in my paintings.”

Olena started her painting education in 1984 at the Ivan Trush State College of Decorative and Applied Arts in Lviv, (Ukraine). She continued her academic training at the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Lviv and further two years at a specialist course in art pedagogy at the “Stefanika” University.
She taught painting anatomy, composition and drawing at the College of Fine and Applied Arts in Kosiv, Ukraine.
In 2005, Olena moved to Zagreb, Croatia, where she runs her own studio.
Olena is a member of The Croatian Society of Fine Artists (HDLU).