Olena Prykhodko

I was born in 1964 in the USSR. As long as I can remember, I drew every day as a child. Every month I ran out of watercolor paints, and my parents bought me new ones. I graduated from the Poltava Children's Art School, but then I studied economics, and in independent Ukraine I received another higher education - law. Despite my busy schedule, I have been painting all my life. The Covid-19 epidemic plunged me into continuous drawing lessons and learning techniques taught by famous art trainers online. I'm actually a self-taught artist.
Because of the war in Ukraine, I was forced to move to Germany and was able to devote a lot of time to painting. Working primarily in acrylics, I find inspiration in everyday moments, sometimes fleeting and sometimes affirming the permanence but also fragility of recognizable or little-known natural and urban landscapes, the beauty of pensive female faces and the triumphant aesthetics of wildlife.
My imagination places roosters, ripe pumpkins, flowers and trees on my canvases. The emotional response of the audience gives rise to new inspiration, and bright colors emphasize the magical beauty and charm of living nature.
As a patriot of my Motherland, I create paintings on socio-political topics to draw...

Poltava children`s art school in 1980