The Shell Painting

Olena Palekha is an emerging artist from Ukraine currently based in Spain, in a small but beautiful and warm city named Marbella. Growing up in Kharkiv she was constantly painting and drawing. She spent her childhood in the Repin Art school in her city trying all the subjects from painting, drawing, designing, decorating to sculpting and much more. After finishing her regular school she decided to enter Art & Graphic faculty with specialization of Design. During her study she was participating in different competitions for fashion designers with collections made in H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University and winning prizes. After finishing her study she decided to work with paint and her hands again. Olena is inspired by nature, emotions and the world around her. Sometimes she goes to the forest and mountains to find beautiful plants and meditate. In addition she puts symbolism and history into her paintings.