Los Angeles artist OLGA KRIMON (b. 1972) has an eclectic and robust educational background that has led her to develop a signature style now being recognized internationally. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, she received an academic art education in Kazan, Russia, and was greatly influenced by the prominent figures of Russian art history, among them Repin, Serov, Bryullov, Levitan, Kramskoi, and Fechin. She also felt an affinity for the swift, bold brushwork and careful value arrangements of Sargent, Zorn, Sorolla, and Cecilia Beaux, and therefore studied their work closely for many years.
Krimon first came to the U.S. as an exchange student in 1991 and then moved to California in 1996. Eventually she started taking drawing classes with illustrator and California Art Institute instructor Glen Orbik, as well as classes with the…
