Brisbane
Olga Bakhtina is an award-winning painter working and living in Brisbane, having spent many years living overseas.
Artworks: 7
Olga Bakhtina was born and raised in Syktyvkar, Russia but left 23 years ago. After living in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, and the Sultanate of Oman she now lives in Australia since 2013.
Besides her passion for painting, Olga has a strong interest in Russian literature, human psychology, photography, theatre, and the history of art. The Paris Period at the end of the 19th to mid-20th century is Olga’s favourite period in the history of painting. Some of her favourite artists include Matisse, Soutine, Modigliani, Vlaminck, and Chagall. Favourites, both for the depth of their work as well as their intriguing life stories. Stories that are strongly reflected in their art.
In her own art, Olga enjoys portraiture and the human figure with a preference for strong brushwork and vibrant colours. Ultimately, she looks for emotion in paintings.
What the Russian sculptor Jacques Lipchitz said about Modigliani is something that rings very true for Olga: “His art was an art of personal feeling […] obviously guided by a completely intuitive, extremely fine and sensitive feeling, which was perhaps linked to his origins and his love of the paintings of the Early Renaissance.”
Olga is studying History of Art at the University of Queensland and paints from her home studio in Brisbane, where she lives with her husband and three children.
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