MEET OLESYA IANOVITCH. Aka.. LADY GOLD HEART
“With each canvas the viewer embarks on an exciting colorful journey to discover themselves.. I am a visual story teller of a soul.”
Painting since I was 3 years. My mom wanted to give birth in a place that was some kind of special, other than a regular city we lived in at the time, former USSR in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. She picked the “city of gold” called Maikain. It’s a city with the largest resource of gold mining for all of Kazakstan and beyond. Growing up, I felt I was different, and had a special destiny to carry out. In search for the answers I embarked on a journey to leave my home at 12 years old and move to the US on my own. I spend 2 years of high school living with my Father in New York, where I attended the Waldorf School of Garden City. There I found my second home, surrounded with art nurturing environment that gave me further confidence boost to self express, and know that having different vision and being unique is ok. That there was no need to fit into a certain mold.
As I developed as an artist, my personal style and technique had frequent use of Gold paint, I added it as a texture element to my paintings. Not as a thought of luxury, more as a 3D sculpting effect to the elements on canvas. And with time I created this magical, dreamy, gilden world of my own style and expression through symbolism of the Lips, or the KISS paintings.
Travel Inspiration: I love to travel the world and discover new places, see and experience new things, meet incredible people, hear inspiring, beautiful life stories.. Everywhere I go, I paint. From Gaudi Park in Barcelona, to hidden whimsical beaches in Ibiza, Spain, to ice glazed winter wonderland beauty of Mont Blanc, to Moroccan Riads, and all the way to candy land-like architectural wonders of Moscow.South of France, in beloved Provence.
PROCESS & TECHNIQUE: I make quick sketches and notes in my travel journal, mini drafts. The 1000’s of photos I take of every place I travel to, further serve as color and theme inspiration. The creative process is completely free and natural, I start with the brush and finish with texture, laying out rhinestones and crystals. Embroidery is featured on select canvases. Just like every mouth shape is unique, each “kiss” painting is unique. I shape the lips with extra large brush strokes, sculpting them freely on canvas with think glossy acrylics.
A dash of resin gloss is applied to the lip area, to show the luscious, glossy kiss effect. Just like every person has a story to tell, each kiss painting, is a visual "talking mouth"
MY GOAL AS AN ARTIST: With each canvas the viewer embarks on an exciting colorful journey to discover themselves.. I am a visual story teller of a soul.
