Still life with quince Painting

My name is Olena Panasiuk. I was born on April 18, 1976. I live in beautiful Ukraine. Having finished school I entered Odessa Theatre and Art College majoring in “Make-up Artist”. I discovered a history of costume and hairdo at this educational institution. I love works of old masters that showed us beauty and elegance of ladies and gentlemen living in past epochs. Having graduated from the College I worked on television. I participated in painting of temples in Odessa, and I had been painting icons for more than fifteen years. Iconography is a whole world. It has its own laws, technique, and means of artistic expression. I was studying at Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture majoring in “Master of Fine Arts” from 2010 to 2014. This education institution cultivated my love to architecture. I discovered beauty and poetry of old cities. Now whenever I am, whatever country I visit, I go to the old part of a city to see frozen history. I travel a lot and have visited many museums of the world, namely Hermitage, Russian Museum of Saint-Petersburg, Louvre, Versailles, Gallery of Uffizi in Florence, Villa Borghese in Rome, Old Masters Picture Gallery of Dresden. I paint everything that surrounds me. I try to depict a moment that has impressed me in my works. Landscapes, still life, flowers… However, people inspire me the most. I like interesting memorable faces. I like to paint portraits of remarkable people and I draw them from life. It is very important for me to see a man’s eyes. It is important to depict not only a portrait similarity, but a model’s character as well. This can be achieved by personal contact only. I have the whole collection. For example, portrait of one of the representatives of ancient princely family of Gorchakovs, prince Andrey Gorchakov, prioress a female monastery Mother Superior Serafima, Director of the Children Center “Way Home” patron Sergey Kostin . I draw a portrait of a modern Italian composer Matteo Muzumechchi, restoring artist Alik Mirzoev, watercolorist Anatolii Kravchenko. I have many creative plans and I look in future with hope. I participate in many exhibitions, including international ones. Painting is my life. I cannot even imagine my existence without it. I have an opportunity to do things I love thanks to support of my family. I want our world to remain the same wonderful. I love beauty, it inspires me. I love life and can say with confidence that I am a happy person!