Portfolio - oil artist Olha Yefimova
My primary material is oil paint. However, I also love sketching with all possible graphic materials. My technique combines Old Dutch painting methods and impressionism. In some works, the imprimatur glows on the canvas - the first and only layer of paint applied translucently. Such paintings shine from the inside. My subjects are people, especially women, and nature, painted from life (various landscapes and still lives). Sometimes, to improve my style or study the manner of painting and the palette of a particular artist, I make copies of pictures by famous masters. The heroines of my original paintings are women in the form of mermaids, elves, spirits of nature, seasons, and Elements. In the paintings, mermaids are in their natural forms, without clothes. But this is not frank eroticism. My mermaids are chaste, shy, solid, and free from society's imposed opinions. I draw each figure so that hands, hair, or other objects seem to cover the chest, accidentally creating an effect of mystery. You want to look at a girl who has a secret repeatedly. I have a separate series of little mermaids for children. These miniature paintings, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches approx.), show scenes from the lives of children of Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Oceans. Every girl and boy has the right to a happy childhood. I associate these stories with my childhood, when I lived with my grandmother every summer, swam in the pond, and picked mushrooms and berries in the forest. These are my happy memories.
My primary material is oil paint. However, I also love sketching with all possible graphic materials. My technique combines Old Dutch painting methods and impressionism. In some works, the imprimatur glows on the canvas - the first and only layer of paint applied translucently. Such paintings shine from the inside.
My subjects are people, especially women, and nature, painted from life (various landscapes and still lives).
Sometimes, to improve my style or study the manner of painting and the palette of a particular artist, I make copies of pictures by famous masters. The heroines of my original paintings are women in the form of mermaids, elves, spirits of nature, seasons, and Elements.
In the paintings, mermaids are in their natural forms, without clothes. But this is not frank eroticism. My mermaids are chaste, shy, solid, and free from society's imposed opinions. I draw each figure so that hands, hair, or other objects seem to cover the chest,
accidentally creating an effect of mystery. You want to look at a girl who has a secret repeatedly.
I have a separate series of little mermaids for children. These miniature paintings, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches approx.), show scenes from the lives of children of Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Oceans. Every girl and boy has the right to a happy childhood. I associate these stories
with my childhood, when I lived with my grandmother every summer, swam in the pond, and picked mushrooms and berries in the forest. These are my happy memories.
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BIO
I was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and live and work in my hometown.
My main imaginative idea is to create fantasy characters in classic medium -
oil. Among my characters are little mermaids, elves, and the Goddesses of
the Seasons and Elements. Such paintings are colorful fairy tales, and I love
them.
Also, I like traditional plein air paintings: landscapes, seascapes, still lifes,
portraits, etc. I use oil paints as a medium in Impressionistic and Old Dutch
technics.
I started my art career in 2016. I've explored different mediums and classic
technics. Since 2022 I've experienced international group exhibitions. The last
projects are "Art is Us" in Ljubljana, Slovenia, an online group exhibition by
Institute APIS / Zavod APIS, 2023.
In 2022 I also volunteered for the local Ukrainian artists' community, "UArstist
83," as a content maker, including author articles about old masters' technics
and artworks.
My artworks are in private collections. What's available you can find at
SaatchiArt Gallery.
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