About Olga McClelland

RESUME

Member of

SAA/Society for All Artists

VAA/Visual Artists Association

EDUCATION

Art courses at RHACC / Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College Art School .International School of Modern Creativity abstract acrylic, abstract texture, watercolour advanced courses. Artefacto online Abstract Watercolour Mastery program.

EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

EMERGING 2nd edition exhibition, XYZ Gallery,London April 2025

THE ART OF CONNECTION The Holy Art gallery,London January/February 2025

VAA members Visual Art Open competition December 2024

TRANSCENDENCE exhibition Boomer gallery ,London13.12-19.12 2024

EMERGING ART exhibition Broadworks gallery ,London 25.09-03.10 2024

SAA INSPIRED challenge:ongoing

SAA FRONT COVER ARTIST competition:ongoing

SAA MONOCHROME competition december2024-march2025

SAA GALLERY SPRING challenge:December 2024-march 2025

INNER WORLD exhibition Boomer gallery,London 08-13 march 2024

ART MATTERS exhibition VVA art matters-coffe matters gallery, London 02-28 January 2024

KCAW(Kensington and Chelsea Art Week)Open Studios June /July 2023

KCAW Gallery Eleven exhibition June/July 2023,London

LONDON PARALLAX ART FAIR participant twice a year from 2017

SAA WORLD RECORD ART CHALLENGE 2014 touring exhibition

RHACC Art College students exhibition Richmond gallery 2013 London

SAA members challenges and competitions participated from 2013.

Olga McClelland

Empress Studios, 11,Empress Place ,London, SW6 1TT

Instagram#olgamcclellandart

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

I live and work in London. It's such a beautiful city! It has inspired me in my art whether I'm walking along broad streets and parks of the central part or lose myself in the narrow streets and magical courtyards of the South West. My work is a direct result of the mystical energy I can feel from this Metropolis. I'm happy to be part of.

I have always been fascinated by abstract art,especially abstract expressionism. Everything I see is broken down into shapes and colours,and when I paint, I rearrange or even destroy the shapes and colours of the subjects not to offer the viewer something they can readily see themselves but rather a unique interpretation of the reality.

SYMBOLS are a significant part of my creations-figures,colour,texture. I often paint circles-they can symbolise energy of the Earth,Sun and Moon.

On the other side,circles symbolise our own creations - our everyday routines, beliefs and faith.We rarely step outside of our familiar circles, enclosed in our own bubbles,seeing no need for a way out. But there should be a way out! That’s why I always depict broken or unclosed circles!

Take a step, get out of comfort zone and the world will open up to new opportunities !

BEYOND THE INVISIBLE collection is my vision of detail and light that can be seen in monochrome only and can be lost in colour. BEYOND THE INVISIBLE is inspired by the fact that everything in the universe is made from stardust. Everything is made from the same elements and matters not how big or small we are. We are all children of stardust.

WHITE MINIMALISM

White is associated with peace,cleanliness and brings rest to the eyes and calms emotions.White is beginning of everything - new chapter, new life, new page. It is the base of colour spectrum and presents in every each colour. The geometric lines bring order and clarity of thoughts. From another angle they could be patterns left on a beach by a child. They are here now, and you are wondering,where did they come from? Where do they lead? Will an incoming tide leave them or take them somewhere else?

TEXTURE

These designs are meant to be touched.Earthy natural colours are pleasing to the inner self and calming to the mind.The textures bring the art from the canvas to the fingertips, like touching the stones of a bridge or the sand on a beach.