Alona Hryn

A full-time professional watercolor artist based in Braunschweig (Germany).

Was born and grew up in Poltava (Ukraine). Alona dreamed to be a painter since childhood but started to paint just after 25th birthday. 6th November 2012 was her first art class. Traveling and painting was a big dream for Alona, and it finally came true in 2013 when she moved from Poltava (Ukraine) to Braunschweig (Germany).

Alona is a member of German Watercolor Society since April 2018 and a member of International Watercolor Society in 2018/2019.

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Alona Hryn

Born

19XX

City

Poltava

Biography

A full-time professional watercolor artist based in Braunschweig (Germany).

Alona is a member of German Watercolor Society since April 2018 and a member of International Watercolor Society in 2018/2019.

Ideas and concepts

Exploring the world

My religion is art. I live, when I paint. A dreamer and traveler who likes to explore everything. I find inspiration in a beauty of nature, flowers and plants, in the beauty of the environment around – from ancient to modern architecture, cityscapes, minimalistic landscapes, and clouds, sunsets, endless sky.

Up to day I work not only with watercolors, but also with other materials, in different techniques, on different surfaces (paper, canvas, wood, plaster, concrete, tile). Recently, I have been actively studying acrylic and pastel.

Series of works “Silhouette cities”

Love with cities happens after the fact – sometimes immediately, sometimes after months or years. Often it depends on a hasty acquaintance, the gloomy weather, no time for communication. But you cannot order your heart! Each city has its own relationship – romantic, thoughtful, concise, flirty, refined… So different and still very similar. Silhouette cities – my love story with the cities.

The feeling of the unknown is wonderful, I love it very much! When you don’t know what is around the corner, behind that house, on the pages of a new book, in the soul of a casual passerby… I like to get to know the city from scratch, I like traveling without maps and preliminary plans – only you and the city, you and his story, you and what he wants to show/tell you. Sometimes the silhouette of the city attracts, lures, captivates, does not let go… much stronger/longer than a detailed realistic image.