Olga Kolesnik

About Olga Kolesnik

I would call myself an Australian Colourist, an artist who likes to paint with powerful strong colours. I don’t see the world through dark tinted sunglasses. I would rather exaggerate a colour, than to imitate greyed muted colour and use the colour that works, than the colour that’s ‘really there'. My works explore communication between bold, vibrant, energetic colours and human emotions. I believe that our relationship with colours works both ways. They influence our feelings and, the other way around, our mood or personality dictates what colours we dislike, love or choose. I work in both representational and abstract styles and regularly exhibits around Australia. My paintings live happily in homes of my friends and clients in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Russia, England and the USA. My still life and figurative paintings are neither too traditional nor too abstract. I fill nearly realistic shapes with emotions of bright pure colours and can utilize elements of different styles to add an interest and contemporary twist to a painting to create something original and exiting. Black is one of my favourite colours too and a very powerful one. My recent black and white abstracts on paper are painted in ink wash technique and inspired by people and nature, animals and plants. I know that Matisse in me will take over again and I promise to tell you a very interesting and different story. I enjoy experimenting with different colour schemes, painting media, techniques and styles trying to create something original and exiting.