"Flowers for my Queen " ( Lace series ). Painting

About the Artist Gelena Pavlenko Gelena Pavlenko (Vorobieva) was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1969. Gelena trained at the Ukrainian Art Academy. Her work has featured in solo and group exhibitions in the Ukraine,Poland,Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Italy, the USA and Canada. Artist's Works is represented in the permanent Сollection of the National Museum of history of Ukraine, Kyiv,Ukraine and in the permanent Collection of Salmagundi Art Club, New York ,NY, USA, in the permanent Collection of Ukrainian Museum in New York, NY, USA She is based in New York, USA, where she lives with her husband and son. "Gelena's artworks contain something more meaningful than mere descriptions of flourishing nature. Her art offers an allegory of the whole natural world together with its eternal blooming. In her art one could easily discern a connection to magic realism, mainly because her breathtaking diligence and remarkable painting mastery reveal themselves in combination with the poetic perception of reality. Her paintings convey the perfection a la Durer, diligent crafting of poetic images and Renaissance principles of structuring of the universe of art." D.Korsun, leading Ukrainian fine art expert. AWARDS/HIGHLIGHTS 2018 – Award for painting "Songs of Spring" in the category of painting in the 13th International ARC Salon Compettition in USA, the largest and most prestigious competition in the western world for realist artists. Port Reading, NJ, USA 2017 – Special Annual Purchase Prize for painting "Wheel of Time", of SCNY Members Annual Show, New York, NY, USA 2017 – Certificate of Merit Award for painting“Last Warmth" of Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY, USA Since 2017 – The Member of Salmagundi Art Club, NY, USA 2000 – Grant artist International Artists-in-Residence Summer-Fall 2000, Griffis Art Center, New London, CT, U.S.A. Since 1998 – The Member of Artists Union of Ukrainian.