Dance of love Painting

Oleg Zelikov is an artist and the founder of CANVAS Art Studio, Moscow, Russia. Born in 1981 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, he holds a degree in Fine Arts and Design from Dnepropetrovsk National University. Alongside his academic education, an important part of his artistic training was done in private ateliers. Oleg has been professionally engaged in creating and teaching art for over 20 years. He is currently based in Moscow. Together with his wife he brings up 3 children. He is also a participant and multiple award winner of various Russian and international exhibitions. His artwork is held in numerous private collections around the world. Oleg’s daring experiments with classical and modern techniques result in an idiosyncratic style combining expressionism, fine art, abstract and realistic painting. He often adds collage elements to his oil paintings. Fragments of sheet music, fabric, corrugated cardboard, rivet buttons, together with a variety of textures from bare canvas to rich impasto create a unique inimitable effect. Oleg purposefully avoids narrative in his artwork. Instead he focuses on creating the harmony of color, which appeals directly to the viewers’ senses and evokes aesthetic empathy. Thus, the artist strives to grasp the essence of painting in its purest form.