(2020) Painting by Olena Smal

Sold by Promotion Gallery

One of a kind

Artwork signed by the artist

Certificate of Authenticity included

Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Oil / Acrylic on Canvas

Artworks classification

One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 31.5in, Width 23.6in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in very good condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Abstract

«Gift of Life», cycle «We Are»

Golden ears are the children of the marriage of the shining Sun and the virgin Earth, a symbol of fertility, prosperity, and wealth, the Divine Gift of Life.
The ears have magical, positive symbolism: life arising from death, birth, and growth through the power of the Sun. The ear is also a belief in a bright future, not only in the material but also in the spiritual plane.

Cycle «We Are»

What were We? What will We be? What Are We?
This series is dedicated to defining the identification of the Ukrainian people, understanding what is inherent in us at the genetic level, what we use absolutely unconsciously to preserve our identity, which helps, protects and supports us, which makes us unique.
Once disappearing, our distant ancestors left us a powerful energy potential of knowledge, which is now stored in our genetic memory and, as a reminder, in artifacts in the form of sacred symbols.
This knowledge is important and relevant for each of us today, because it is based on the relationship between man and nature. They can be used as a tool for improvement, whereby everyone has the opportunity to experience the spiritual world, as well as to know the meaning of their arrival in this world. The personality of each person gets a chance to spiritually transform, which means that space and society will be transformed together with him. Sacred knowledge gives a person the strength to maintain a very fragile balance of good and evil in our modern complex world. They provide spiritual assistance and provide a chance to build a civilization in which spiritual values prevail.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Acrylic

Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Artist represented by Promotion Gallery

Olena Smal

Ukraine

Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine. What is art for me? – That’s my second life! Who is my teacher? – Nature! What inspires me? – Music! What do I wish to convey to the world through[...]

Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.

What is art for me? – That’s my second life!

Who is my teacher? – Nature!

What inspires me? – Music!

What do I wish to convey to the world through my pictures? – Love, harmony, goodness, understanding the Truth, happiness of creation!

Olena is a symbolist artist, a participant in numerous international and Ukrainian painting exhibitions in art galleries and museums of Ukraine, the CIS countries, Europe and America, the winner of international competitions, participated in an art residency and an exhibition that was held in parallel from the 57th and 58th -th Biennale in Venice, art residencies in many European countries, in particular, at the Andy Warhol Museum, the Museum of Ukrainian Culture and Desideria Milla Art Gallery, Slovakia. The painting "Apple" became part of the collection of the Museum of Ukrainian Culture in Svidnik. Participant of the international historical art project "Painted Ribbon", within the framework of which she presented her works in the Great Lavra Bell Tower, Sophia of Kyiv, the National Literary Museum of Ukraine, the Central House of the Artist, the First Municipal Gallery of Ukraine and other museums and cultural centers of Kyiv.

The artist boldly experiments with painting techniques and styles, her works are bright and full of deep meaning, they speak of the deceptiveness of the visible, of its hidden mystery that we usually do not notice, they raise questions about the very essence of being. Olena Smal's paintings are in private collections of Ukraine, America and European countries.

Olena has many years of experience working with people living with dementia as an art therapist and memory coach.