Fine Art by Elena Malec

ELENA MALEC was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1954. She started drawing at an early age in graphite, colored pencils, and painting in watercolor and ink. For several years while in public school Elena dedicated many hours to drawing and painting.

A graduate from the University of Bucharest with a MA in modern languages, Elena pursued a career in education and research.Without a formal training in art she eventually followed her passion for drawing, sketching, doing watercolor at different ages.From 2008 Elena resumed drawing and painting on a daily basis learning and studying art on her own.Her practice with different media and techniques lead to a quick progress visible in most media she is now working:graphite, pastels, charcoal, colored pencils, mixed media.

Art is for Elena an expression of her freedom of creating from imagination but also inspired by daily subjects,still life, her travels photographs,the beauty of nature, the human and animal features in portraiture. Whether is charcoal, watercolor, pastels or colored pencils each medium is approached by the artist in its unique spirit to convey serenity, beauty, joy of color and shape. Elena believes art is a realm of beauty and harmony and art’s mission is to inspire meditation, bliss, positive energy, peace.

colored pencils

oil pastels

soft pastels

soft pastels portraits

watercolor

Graphite, charcoal, mixed media

A special series for me is "People and Places", soft pastels scenes of life based on my travel photos.

Artist Statement

The series of paintings "People and Places" originated with my travel photos taken across continents in the countries I visited.The goal of painting in pastel scenes from diverse cultures is to create frescoes of life with an atmosphere typical to a moment in time.The message of these scenes of life is one of peace and tolerance, respect for different beliefs, different life styles and ethnic diversity.There is a beauty and vibration of life everywhere on earth.The composition of each piece is meant to emphasize the truth, validity, moral values and respect for all religions and ways people choose to adopt in their culture or part of the world they live.

My series "People and Places" is a manifesto of the right we all have to live, work, worship.What better language than that of art for a heartfelt message of peace and harmony among people.

People and Places

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