Aqua marble Painting

Olena Shchetnova is an artist from Ukraine. She uses various materials to create abstract artwork with striking photo-realistic elements. Her painting process involves a laying down of epoxy resin with colour expressively, followed by more informed painting with oil, allowing certain aspects of the original colour and light to show through. The result is a happening of sorts, the unforeseen and an element of serendipity in what unfolds. Olena endeavours to create imagery that is both compelling and ambiguous and always with a glimmer of light. She is influenced by the surrounding nature and her own observations. She is a third-generation artist in her family. She spent her childhood in art workshops, and from an early age her creative path was a foregone conclusion. Olena's work is in search and exploration of the unusual forms, an expression of natural textures, thought-provoking images. It is a very personal and vulnerable journey, rendering herself as subject matter in various inner dialogues.