Minimalist collages - The CreativeMindClass Blog

In the afternoon of Sunday, I was able to catch Olga sharing Instagram posts about my hometown from my youth. In the middle of Warsaw's concrete jungle, there is a less-known and holy green space. I often visited it during the summer months to gaze at the beautiful pine trees and breathe in the fresh air of the natural world within my urban lung. In her account, Olga visited this area in her first visit, but she also got mesmerized by the most ancient backyards in Warsaw. In the near future, I am sure she'll create the Boernerowo-inspired painting.

We asked Olga what she uses as the basis for designing her minimalist collages as well as painting of landscapes that are human-shaped.

"My name is Olga Szczechowska, and I'm living in Warsaw. Since the age of a child, I've always been drawing and painting numerous times. I attended an art school in high school. I also took classes in Drawing as well as Cultural Studies at the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun.

I'm an illustrator, painter occasionally a graphic designer. Through my work, I concentrate on the connection between humans and nature, carefully observing the way we create nature in our own backyards. When I look at hedges that have been trimmed, decorative plants, and meticulously designed home gardens, I am capturing the strange nature of our immediate surroundings."

"For many years, I've made minimalist collages. The compositions are drawn from landscapes, still life, or are made as the result of explorations with textures, shapes as well as colours.

My style is heterogeneous since collage and painting are very different, but they share one thing in common: they soothe. I have heard this term repeatedly from my viewers and believe that it is an accurate description of the essence of my art. When I'm tired of painting, I make collages, and vice versa. One style is a temporary getaway from the one.

I think observation is key. I pay attention to everything around me: nature, architecture, and objects. The result is my art. In my works, you don't see any human being, but we can feel the sense of human presence in trimmed hedges or even in the mug that is placed on the table."

Check out Olga's Instagram for calming work in progress.