Olga Bolgar.

I was born in the town of Veliky Novgorod, Russia. The brightest recollection of my childhood is an efflorescent apple-tree garden with a small apiary in the village of my grandparents. I remember the smell of hay and the sound of a pounding hammer: my grandfather frequently peened his scythes to make them sharp. I always keep Russia's fields and low sky in my heart. I sketched always. When I was about 14 year-old, I started to study at an artistic studio. Later, I continued my education at the fine arts college in Yaroslavl, Russia (1994-1999). After graduation, I worked for 2 years in the icon-painting workshop "Kovcheg" in Yaroslavl. But I had to leave my job in 2001 to go to South Korea with my husband. I continued to paint there. I made sketches of the Saint Trinity monument for the Orthodox Greek monastery in a suburb of Seoul. Since 2003 we live in the USA. I continue to paint. I miss Russia, therefore, involuntarily, I find similar corners of nature here, and paint them. Sometimes, I paint landscapes of my motherland from memory. I make many portraits. Especially I love to paint portraits of children. Some of my works are shown at Artisian Gallery in Ellicott City, and my paintings are in private collections in Maryland and throughout the United States, as well as in Russia.
Everything else is in my pictures....