Olga Klekner

Olga Klekner is a published poet and painter, an exhibited photographer and an avid art collector. With her husband and their unruly Tibetan Spaniel, she resides in the United States, Canada and Hungary. She studied painting, drawing, sculpting and art history in Hungary and the United States. She views painting as an essential visual language, an important extension for the self as well as for her lyricism.    Olga embraces Nadine Renazile’s belief that “small, tiny paintings need to feel powerful and large paintings need to feel intimate.” She has given away dozens of her artworks for auctions to help art programs and other worthy causes.    Most of the titles of her paintings come from her poetry. In winter months she dilutes her acrylic paints with melted snow, other times she uses water from the Danube River or Lake Erie, adding some of earth’s living history to her paintings. At times she creates empyrean scenes, while other times the fiery powers of color rule her art.   Her work is influenced mainly by Gerhard Richter, Franz Kline and Syd Solomon.