| Olga was born in Kopani,
Ukraine. From early years, art has always amazed her. However, it wasn’t until
later in life that she was able to pursue her interest in painting, once her
family was raised and her retirement from the resort business afforded her more
time. Her art education started with four years of evening courses at Sir
Sandford Fleming College. Teachers included Edwin Matthews, Jack Hamer and
Philip Webb. She also has attended many workshops organized by the ECOAA (East
Central Ontario Art Association), with various instructors such as Poul Thrane,
Pauline Holancin, Ron Leonard, Guttorn Otto and the Buckhorn School of Fine Art.
She is an active member of the ECOAA where she has the position of Historian in
charge of the Association’s archives. She takes an active part in the ECOAA’s
juried shows which are held in various locations in Ontario as well as those at
the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington in Bowmanville where she has received many
awards. She is a member of the Art Gallery of Peterborough where her work has
been exhibited in the Art Rental and she supports the annual fund raiser Art
Gala Auction in October. She also is a member of KAGS (Kawartha Artists’ Gallery
& Studio) in Peterborough and the Spirit of the Hills, in Campbellford, where
she exhibits regularly.
Currently her works are mainly
in oils. Most of her paintings are begun outside on location all year round, in
all kinds of weather. Later in the studio she puts on the last touches. Her
favorite subjects are the Canadian Landscape, old buildings, barns, sugar
shacks, historical homes and homes that are in neglected condition. Olga finds
history particularly intriguing, especially her love for old barns and sugar
shacks, because they are disappearing very last. The beauty she sees in flowers
and still life is captured in arrangements at her home studio. Olga has painted
full time since 1980 and her work can be viewed at her home-studio, five miles
south of Peterborough at Bensfort Bridge.
Olga Szaranski works are in many private collections in Canada and abroad
as far away as England, United States, Holland, Norway and the Ukraine.
Also her work has been purchased by Johnson and Johnson Medical Products
Corporation.
Portrait of Olga
Birthday Roses oil 16" x 20"
Cornstalks oil 16" x 20"
House on the way to Queensborough oil 16" x 20"
Tamarack Swamp oil 16" x 20" |
