Sobre el Artista

Olga Nikitina is a Russian artist and one of the new pioneers in the growing field of underwater painting. Olga has a degree of Interior Design from Ulyanovsk State University (2006) – however her passion and calling is to the ocean – and more specifically, capturing the ocean’s art-forms on canvas – both above and below the ocean’ surface. Painting under-water is completely different from traditional oil painting above-water. When I am underwater I feel the ocean energy and unity with nature, silence around - I can only hear my breathing and sometimes, the whispers of the fish, one to another. When painting underwater it is easy to enter a state of trance - Rays from the sun penetrating through the water are magical - you can see and feel that this is the point where two different worlds intersect and mix – and this is a favorite subject to reflect in my paintings. I work at different depths below the surface, which affect the color spectrum you can see (as we know with depth we lose colors) and sometimes it is a big surprise on the surface seeing what I have painted below. There are two channels of expression I enjoy during underwater painting: Capturing seascapes, marine still life Intuitive Painting - reflections of my emotions and feelings in a particular moment, in my underwater environment. These artworks were all created underwater, during scuba diving, and I can gratefully say that I am a student and follower of Andre Laban - the original pioneer of underwater painting, and inspiration in this field.