"Two cacti. Flowering" Painting

Olena Prykhodko is a Ukrainian figurative artist, self-taught and working in the field of contemporary art, currently residing in Hanover, Germany.
She began her artistic career after a successful career in another field.

Last year the artist has participated in several international exhibitions:

June 2025, Zofingen, Switzerland, at the Art Voyage gallery;

August 2025, Viljandi, Estonia;

December 2025, Berlin, Germany.

Over the past two years her paintings have been acquired by buyers from Estonia, Germany, France, Latvia, and Ukraine.

In her artistic practice, Olena explores the influence of natural biophilic objects on the everyday life of urban residents, the transience of natural beauty, and the impact of the symbiosis of the urban environment and flora on the inner balance and psychological state of individuals and society as a whole.

Working primarily in the still life and landscape genres, she utilizes vibrant colors to create emotionally charged compositions, using professional acrylic and oil paints on high-quality cotton and linen canvases.
She is currently actively working on the "Cacti Everywhere" series.
In today's rapidly changing and often oppressive world, shaped by wars and crises, her works offer a moment of emotional solitude.
Her still lifes and cityscapes, seen through the windows of the houses in her paintings, remind the viewer of the fragility of the surrounding world and help them maintain inner balance, a sense of security and quiet joy, and be nourished by an inner radiance under the influence of this artist's vibrant paintings, which are essentially her emotional dialogue with the viewer.