Hello everyone,
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
I'm looking forward to this every year. I've done no painting, but had been looking for new ideas everywhere. I think I might be onto something....wait and see.
So much light around and joy, hard not to want to paint or draw. Something.....anything.......
Olga Havarouskaya
Welcome to my blog.... I’m a 28 year old self-taught artist who is based in Surrey. Painting and drawing is a passion of mine, but sadly at the moment I’m only doing it part time. I hope you’ll enjoy looking at my work. Please, do check my blog for more updates and feel free to leave your comments.........Thank you
Friday 21 December 2012
Christmas is here...
Thursday 20 September 2012
Long recovery
Sadly I haven't worked for a while. Still recovering after pneumonia. I'm trying to find ground under my feet. I hope with the beautiful autumn which is almost here I'll be able to clear my head and work. I have seen so many wonderful paintings and drawings for the past week, and it made me feel so very lazy.
Tomorrow is another day.....
Monday 11 June 2012
A story from a book....
Here is a story I came across in a book not long ago. I really like it and thought I need to share it with you.
The Giant.
Once upon a time there stood a poverty-stricken village at the foot of a mountain. On top of the mountain was some hidden treasure, which would solve all the villagers' problems, but the treasure was guarded by an enormous giant, who bellowed so ferociously at anyone who climbed the mountain that no villager dared to do so. The villagers remained poor, existing on what little they could grow in the mountain's shadow.
Then one year, disaster struck - the harvest failed. The villagers turned to their king for help. Unless the king could bring back the treasure they would all starve to death. With trepidation in his heart and the last loaf of bread in his knapsack, the king set off up the mountain. As he climbed, the giant suddenly pounced from behind a huge boulder. Sure enough he was enormous, he roared horribly and tried to terrify the king out of his wits. He nearly succeeded, but instead of running away, the king braced himself and took one tiny step towards the giant. Was it his imagination, or had the giant shrunk an inch? He took another step forward and the giant seemed to shrink a little more. This diminution continued until the king, upon reaching the giant, was able to hold him in the palm of his hand. 'You don't look much like a giant now', said the king. 'We'll have to call you something else. What is your name anyway?' In a weak and feeble voice the giant replied, 'My name is....Terror!'
This wonderful story shows that fear in our minds stopping us from doing things and living our lives. If we face our fears, we are half way towards living the life we are so scared to live.
I hope you will like this story and maybe it will help some of you.
Wednesday 6 June 2012
@ohavarouskaya
Today I joined the world of Twitter. I have no idea how it works yet, but you can follow me @ohavarouskaya and read how I find my way around it as well as all the updates of my work.
Wednesday 30 May 2012
Art installation...
No glue was used in the making of the fish and butterfly, only scissors and weaving using Chinese knots.
Food jelly was used to show the liquid instead of a medication.
Glue was used to assemble ready prepared parts for the bed and to put all of the composition into place.
Frame is an IKEA shelf which was the best visible thing to represent hospital room.
Each person who was on the ward during the time of my stay was kind enough to write personal message regarding Cystic Fibrosis on the wristbands for you to read.
Each fish took two to three IV’s sets to make and in total there are 21 fish. All in all, the entire piece is a three weeks’ worth of intravenous treatment.