About

Olena Kosenko has readily adopted the local built and natural landscapes into her creative work whilst bringing a European flavour to her painting.
Born in the east of Ukraine in 1977, Olena studied at the Kharkov State Academy of Design and Art and was awarded the 1st place in the Art Student Diploma Competition.
She then went on to complete her masters degree in fine arts and ran a successful interior design company with an emphasis on graphic design.
At the same time she continued to pursue an artistic career.
Based in Spain, Olena works with all the drawing and painting media. She uses the full palette and has a number of distinct styles ranging from surreal through neo industrial to real life.
Olena says her inspiration comes primarily from real life and from the interpretations she gets from seeing things in a variety of settings.
I am like an architect in my creative space she says,
I like to build the painting in my mind. I need the vision locked in, it has to be defined, I then decide on the media
I want to use, then the size of the work and finally the layout.