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oil and egg tempera on wooden panel
24 x 18 inches
$2800
Olesya Volk is a Los Angeles-based artist/writer.
She was born in Baku, Azerbajan; at the age of 16 moved to Moscow. There, she graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts; started publishing her tales and puppet plays.
After moving to the US, she received her MFA in Film & TV( Animation) at UCLA. Worked doing web animation.
In her paintings, she explores patterns of nature, mostly tree bark, as a possibility of intuitive "readings" and leaps into the primordial language.
Olesya's art genres also include small dioramas, paper theatre; she writes and illustrates picture books and graphic novels. Three of her graphic novels were published by Sparkplug Books ( Portland, Oregon); she also self-publishes her books.
Artist Statement
My paintings emerge from sessions of “reading” tree bark, where its ridges resemble an unknown script. I explore the mutual dialogue between humans and trees—how each “reads” the other’s rhythms. Inspired by ancient alphabets born of nature’s geometry, I translate bark’s hieroglyphs into layered oil‑glaze compositions that evoke universal laws of ratio and rhythm. Through pareidolic forms, viewers become co‑readers in a forest language, projecting subconscious interpretations. Employing a Flemish masters’ glazing technique—many translucent layers mirroring a tree’s growth rings—I capture moments of transparency when all things vibrate with meaning, and empathic reading becomes creating.
oil and egg tempera on wooden panel
24 x 18 inches
$2800
Olesya Volk is a Los Angeles-based artist/writer.
She was born in Baku, Azerbajan; at the age of 16 moved to Moscow. There, she graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts; started publishing her tales and puppet plays.
After moving to the US, she received her MFA in Film & TV( Animation) at UCLA. Worked doing web animation.
In her paintings, she explores patterns of nature, mostly tree bark, as a possibility of intuitive "readings" and leaps into the primordial language.
Olesya's art genres also include small dioramas, paper theatre; she writes and illustrates picture books and graphic novels. Three of her graphic novels were published by Sparkplug Books ( Portland, Oregon); she also self-publishes her books.
Artist Statement
My paintings emerge from sessions of “reading” tree bark, where its ridges resemble an unknown script. I explore the mutual dialogue between humans and trees—how each “reads” the other’s rhythms. Inspired by ancient alphabets born of nature’s geometry, I translate bark’s hieroglyphs into layered oil‑glaze compositions that evoke universal laws of ratio and rhythm. Through pareidolic forms, viewers become co‑readers in a forest language, projecting subconscious interpretations. Employing a Flemish masters’ glazing technique—many translucent layers mirroring a tree’s growth rings—I capture moments of transparency when all things vibrate with meaning, and empathic reading becomes creating.