olha pryymak

The series follows a story of Anoushka and Horatio meeting on the Heath on a sunny October day.  The paintings in the series illustrate the emotional content of the encounter. A visual language of varied broad, painterly brushstrokes and contrasts of color carry out the narrative. The images are figurative and tiny, the size is designed to draw the viewer in, almost peering through a key hole.The viewer has a fleeting glimpse, barely more than an impression of who the two people are, not enough detail is given but the titles offer a faint impression of what is going on in the story.

The series are intended for the Affordable Art Fair with GoFigurative 27-30 October, Hampstead, London.

You see, I suffer miserably from seasonal allergies.  In spite of living by the park, this year was the best  for me so far thanks to my lovely homeopath Tracy, who did her magic on me with the treatments and kindly posed for this number 3 painting in the series.

While it’s hardly sunny to be looking up at the skies (for Skywatching) , and the grand interiors are cooking in the background, I am staring a new series today, preliminarily called “People I know”.  Let’s see where it takes me; I plan to paint one a day for the following 30 days.  If any of you good people would like to volunteer for a quick sketch for the daily painting, contact me.

Today’s first subject is Sasha, super smart and intelligent doctorate student at Southampton University and my little brother.

I have not led the count before, but this is number 10 of my Skywatching paintings, ever since I looked up above. Which started on vacation. I suspect the idea would not have dawned at me if I stayed in London all summer. But since I’ve been back here there were a couple of beautiful clear days so I am counting them on.

more Skywatching here: 

My favorite place for a rewarding shot of macciato is at the Pavillion Cafe in Victoria Park. Nevermind it’s a construction site at the moment preceding the Olympics 2012, the pond and the foliage delights every time.

On the way to the West End. This is one of the least pleasant parts of the journey, looked paint – worthy yesterday for some reason, must have been the clear skies.

19 x 19 cm, oil on panel, 2011, buy it here

Other skies: 

The glass and steel structures give a perfect opportunity to concentrate on the skies above.

more skywatching:

There is a quiet park hidden away off Brick Lane that offers a sweeping view of the city skyline and the clouds over the new overground  rail link in London.  Try to never miss it on my regular trips to Atlantis art supplies shop. Keep looking up the skies.

Back in the Dennis Severs’ House today. Wonderful place to have woken up in the morning, isn’t it?