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Olga Kuczer
has come a long way from her hometown of , Russia to live her life with her love
and love for art in California. Olga’s natural artistic talents are inspired by
the beauty of California. Olga creates her art providing unique realism. The
paintings shown on this site were created after her arrival to San Jose in 2007.Olga’s art history began from the first time she could hold a pencil in her hands at the age of three. Throughout her childhood, drawing was her passion. She studied art at the Samara Art School in her pre-teen age years and was rated at the top of her class for sculpture. The family moved to Orenburg where Olga focused on her art with watercolor and gouache. At the age of fifteen, studied academic drawing, classic painting, special Russian Art, anatomy, composition, world art history, technical drawing, perspective, and sculpture at Orenburg Art College for 5 years and became an art instructor. Olga worked as an Art and Technical drawing instructor at High School in Orenburg. At the age of 21 she worked at Orenburg University creating show decorations for the stage plays and performances. During this time Olga also spent one year studying interior/exterior design and hand crafted ceramics.
Olga sold her original art and copies for the past twelve years in Russia. Theses creative styles included Realism, Impressionism, Surrealism, and Abstract stills provided as oil on canvas paintings, portraits and murals including special art paintings using interior walls of homes and stores as her canvas
STATEMENT
"My love for art began in my childhood years in the 1980’s. Followed and guided by 10 years of art education in Russia my works are my life. Currently inspired by the beauty of the United States my creations come alive through oil on canvas medium developed with various fine soft brushes and palette tools. California’s landscapes, historic places, nature, and great people are all my art subjects. With each painting I learn more about the beautiful details of California and the United States.
Through my eyes I capture these amazing images via a digital photograph, grasping the magic of the sun light, image colors, and shadows. The images are selected and my work begins drawing perspective and outline to the canvas. Close ups photos may be taken that aid my painting detail. Most of the time I like to see these photo on a computer monitor from which I paint from, but I don't copy the picture exactly. I play with colors, enlarging or combining images always adjusting aspects of the photo until it approximates what I feel at the scene. Each painting is a new invention. I want share the beautiful world around us through my art as a Window to that beautiful place that you will always keep opened wherever you may be."
Victoria Moore | Ginger Cook | Olga Kuczer | John Pugh | Juan "One" Sepulveda | Lawrence Noble | Heidi Hornberger |