Collection of winter paintings by Helen Polishuk

The beginning of the new 2019 year inspired me to write about my paintings about winter.

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You will immediately think that I love this topic. I live in Canada, where there is a lot of winter,more than 6 month in year.
And I manage to draw winter. I often received prizes and exhibited my works at exhibitions or published them in publications.
But I will disappoint you, this is one of my directions, but not the most beloved. I am very good drawing the winter.
Now those traditions of drawing, with which I started ,a little outdated.
This is still the traditional East European school, the old Russian traditions
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Over the years I began to move away from the primary methods of drawing.
You will be able to see how my equipment has changed on the example of the exposed photos in this post.
I am not an adherent of one theme and one style, one picture.
I always want a new one. It is in my life I am fidget.
collection of winter paintings by Helen Polishuk
Proposed for your viewing paintings, this is a small part of my work.
I don’t have many of them for a long time. They are in collections all over the world.
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The paintings of my works below are still relevant.
They are on sale in websites along with other paintings:
https://www.artfinder.com/helen-polishuk#/
https://www.saatchiart.com/helenpolishuk
https://www.artmajeur.com/helen-polishuk
http://helenpolishuk.com/
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Already living in Canada,I created  intresting collection of small paintings devoted to winter.
This is a lively collection filled with originality.
There are many things that show that I live in Canada. These are the buildings of houses and the landscape of nature.
I set up here to draw small pictures.
I will not say that it is special. I liked it.
Many critics say that on the contrary, it is harder to paint small paintings than big ones.
I will argue. It is easy for me to draw small paintings.
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That’s just sometimes you have to repeat to remove the layer of paint, shade white.
Therefore, the painting is not created in one month, and sometimes it takes about a year to finish it. This is the process of highlighting more  places in the painting.
Using this painting as an example, I show how applying a bleached layer several times gives a glow to the picture.
It is like nourished with small bright lights.
Very impressive!!!!!
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The range of shades is wide, although the winter landscape is monotonous.
This is not true in my collection.
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I continue to look to my direction. And the rest of my work only complements what was said
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I am glad to work for you and ask, look more often at my sites, read my posts, like and forward.
Everything I do, I create for you, my dear friends…..
@polishukelena

See how it went Easter Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018

Last weekend passed for me very actively……
I was preparing for several events at once….
I met with Canadian filmmakers and met with my old friends))
Parallel ,I was preparing for a Easter Fair about which I will tell today detaily.

See how it went Easter Fair in Toronto31March 2018

 

I was given a small place to show my artworks. It was an unexpected proposal,which made me pull out .I’d review all my artwork created by me over the past two years.
I agreed to show up  just for one day. For that I invited my friends to stand together with me.
I had to draw at least a little something new to present them for the buyers.
Time was very short,only  five days.
I was very nervous

I had to show myself in the Ukrainian folklore style.
I have not yet exhibited in Toronto in this style.

See howit went Easter Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018


That was my first show.

See how it went Easter- Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018


Therefore, to look harmonious, I revised my old works and drew a large 24 “x 48” picture, which has perverse ornaments and helped to combine my work with each other.

See how it went Easter Fair in Toronto 31March 2018


Then I bought a pair of polished boards in Dolorama and also decorated them with the same ornament.

Se how it went Easter Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018


At last, I painted a small house for birds in the same style.

 

See how it went Easter Fairin Toronto 31 March 2018

When the paints dried, I covered everything with varnish.
So I had 13 works of different sizes in the style of the Ukrainian folklore. They made from oil on canvas and were counted among themselves in color, images and components.

 

See how it went Easter air in Toronto 31 March 2018

I mixed my artworks with different suverins and magnets to the wall.
Decorated with eggs and colored cotton.

See how it went Easter Fair in -Toronto 31 March 2018


With me were my colleagues who presented their work.

 

See how it went -Easter Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018

One master put salt for baths, parchment paper on wax, pads in the form of eggs, ribbons and wreaths in Ukrainian style, ceramic ampoules for aromatic oil.

 

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The second masteress showed pictures that her students draw at artschool, exhibited wooden spoons and carvings on a tree.
All together much combined :

https://youtu.be/IvD5Y1qXN-0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We exhibited for the first time, we were surprised in the interest to our work.

See how it went Easter Fair in Toronto- 3 March 2018

 


Among our works was an ostrich egg for sale, original and painted.

 

https://youtu.be/8A3wtvXtjps


For Canada this is a rarity. They do not decorate the eggs, as they do in Kiev, taking out the yolk and cleaning it from the inside. They draw on wooden or plastic mock-ups. Therefore, the ostrich egg had a furore and we gladly showed it to the buyers.

See ho it went Easter- Fair in Toronto31 March 2018

I was pleasantly surprised that the Canadians with interest bought our crafts and were interested in the works.

 

See how it went Easter Fair in Toronto- 3 March 2018

 

It was a day of acquaintance, getting new contacts, great satisfaction from participating in sales.

See -how it went Easter Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018


We were so organically fit into the relief of the store that we were invited to show up next month too))

 

See how it wentEaster Fair in Toronto 31 March 2018

 

That will be the end of April and is dedicated to Mother’s Day.
Now I will have a little more time, experience and I want to submit small works in Petrikiv style for sale. It will be stylized and also well connect in the theme and image of the next fair.

I present you not only a photo, but also a video from the fair events.
It was a very beautiful show and I thank everyone who was involved in it for their help and support.
Next time we will show some other handicrafts and pictures and we get into on April 21, on Saturday.