MEET OLESYA IANOVITCH
LADY GOLD
Close your eyes.. Imagine falling in love and indulging on the never-ending kiss, and a life full of true moments of happiness. My paintings speak a romantic language of love, lived through an unforgettable life journey traveling through the magical places in the world.
With a paint brush I tell a story of a dream, love and a celebration of life.
WHY LADY GOLD? ( Whats with the gold?)
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. Its 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 with my Father, 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 travel the world about 6 months out of the year, and discover new places, see and experience new things, meet incredible people, hear inspiring, beautiful and sometimes crushing 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.
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 I want to make the viewer feel happy and embark on an exciting colorful journey. I am a visual story teller of a dream, where I make each viewer believe that this dream is possible as a beautiful reality on canvas that would make you smile and fill with happiness each time you look at it!
