Olita Garkalne

I am a painter-printmaker based in London, UK.

My life long love of drawing and the flowing medium like water has influenced my artistic practice as a printmaker. I am interested in transferring and maintaining this magic in etching, the  painterly mood of watercolour and the subtleness of a charcoal sketch, to preserve inherent to them feeling of lightness, while adding permanence that printmaking offers as well as addressing the colour pigment, paper and light interactions. An elegant line combined with form can bring a great visual pleasure and this is an important aspect to my work. By including personally significant, non-verbal information in my work, I disclose my emotions and moods by creating images, that communicate further themselves.