Claustrophobia (2020) Painting by Polina Olekhnovich

I am a self-taught artist. In my childhood   l drew with whatever I had to: pencils, watercolors, gouache, felt-tip pens, pastels. In my family, the profession of an artist was not considered promising and serious, so growing up, I took a different path, graduated from the Faculty of Biology, and painted only from time to time. Needless to say, all the notebooks and lectures were decorated with my illustrations. The creative side of my personality was always rushing out and found a way out in writing, in kindergarten classes, creating decorations, needlework, developing design projects of premises. And only after the birth of my fourth child, which greatly changed my attitude to everything, taught me to trust and listen to myself, and became to some extent a rebirth, I allowed myself to draw, despite the friendly ridicule of my loved ones, despite being busy. I drew furtively at night, painted at any free moment, feeling a powerful, irresistible force. Now I am already an art teacher and a member of the International Union of Animal Artists. I have been drawing since childhood, but the real creative growth occurred after the birth of the fourth child. My paintings already live on different continents. I use different mediums and techniques, I love a variety of subjects and genres, I prefer realism, impressionism, hyperrealism. I like to create lively three-dimensional paintings. All my works are automatically endowed with a 3d effect.

• Nationality: RUSSIA
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Russian Contemporary Artists