My inspiration is beauty and harmony which exists in nature. Painting is an attempt to recreate and capture it.
Biography
Born in Siberia to a Ukrainian-German family, the artist painter works from her studio in London. Oksana's work is wide-ranging, from landscapes to portraits. She has lived in the UK since 2010, and in the Czech Republic for several years. She studied art at Bryansk Art College and Kyiv Academy of Fine Arts, and later BA in Psychology from the Academy of Human Resource Management in Kyiv. A member of the UK Artists Union, Oksana has been painting since the age of four and exhibiting since 1987. Her paintings can be seen in galleries and private collections worldwide. Her style has changed over the years. The first paintings were landscapes that reflected a fascination with Daoism and other Eastern philosophies and included themes of peace and harmony. Recent works contain the same theme, but by depicting women in a warm and positive style. The subtle use of colours, ranging from warm wood to gold and copper, gives these paintings a unique and sensual aura. Over the past seven years, she has participated in art workshops in Croatia and Bulgaria, which has allowed the artist to pursue her love of nature and work in harmony with it. The art style continues to evolve, and the paintings are becoming more abstract. The use of colour, line, and form demonstrates communication and connection between the figures and the background while conveying movement that brings each work to life.
Oksana's statement: “The beauty and harmony of nature always inspires me, and my paintings are an attempt to reflect and capture this. My earliest childhood memories are of sitting in a tree overlooking a gorge and watching the first rays of morning sun mingle with the bands of mist rising from fields of tall grass before slowly dissipating. Whether I paint a woman's body, a still life, or a landscape, I use lines and colours to record this feeling of harmony on a canvas. Pictures often come to me in my dreams at night – with the combination of colours and the composition appearing very lifelike. When I wake, I quickly sketch the images I have seen in my dreams before they disappear in the daylight.”
Influences
Picasso, Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, J.M.W.Turner, Francisco Goya
Education
1998-2002 The Academy of Personnel Management. Psychology. Kiev, Ukraine
1982-1986 ART College Briansk, Russia
The artist at work
Solo Expositions
2020 GLASS BOUDOIR, Museum of Ancient Glass Zadar, Croatia
2019 The Art of Oksana Veber in Person! Redwood City, California, United States
2019 Magic Glass personal exhibition, Museum of Ancient Glass Zadar, Croatia
2019 Meet the Artist in person! Redwood City, California, United States
2018 Canvasation, Personal exhibition San Francisco, California, United States
2017 “Reflections”, Gallery Dom na Zalu, Pucko Otvoreno Uciliste Preko, Ugljan island, Croatia
2017 “FRAGMENTS” VIEW gallery, Thames Ditton London, United Kingdom
2012 "MK Arts for Health" Personal Exhibition, MK Hospital Foyer Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
2012 “Sea Songs“, Prachen Museum Pisek, Czechia
2009 Shadow dance, Museum of Ancient Glass Zadar, Croatia
2003 ''The Song of Sun'', Gallery Etienne de Causans Paris, France
2001 ''Vernissage'', Gallery of Russian Cultural Center, Copenhagen, ''Soul Mates'', Municipal Gallery Espegarden Copenhagen, Denmark
Collective Expositions
2011 "Women in Art” Group Exhibition, SO Galerie Iklin, Malta
2007 ''Art Winter 2007'' Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2005 ''Art Ireland Spring Collection'', ‘‘Art Ireland Winter'', ''Art Ireland Summer Collection'' Dublin, Ireland
Permanent Collections
2019 Museum of Ancient Glass Zadar, Croatia
2018 Third Dimension Gallery, Kamuela Hawaii Island Hawaii, United States
2012 Prachen Museum “Sea Songs“ Pisek, Czechia
Residencies
2018 2018- Artist in Residence, Long Cloud Mountain Sanctuary Kahana Dr.Honoka'a, Hawaii, United States
2007 ''Summer 2007'', International Art workshop, Balcik, Bulgaria, Balcik, Bulgaria
2006 Artist Residence Collaboration "Jadertina" Kukljica, Ugljan Island, Croatia