Meet the Artist: Elena Kolotusha

Elena Kolotusha is a visual artist from Melbourne, best known for her  super-realistic still lifes and animal studies. Born in the former  Soviet Union, Elena developed her passion for art in her early years,  and after studying at the Visual Arts Department of the Pedagogical  University of Kazakhstan, she began her career as a visual arts teacher.

Since arriving in Australia in 1998, Elena has taken part in  many group shows and exhibitions and, over the years, won numerous  awards and commendations, including international prizes. 

Elena  works in various media, including oil/acrylic‚ colour pencils/mixed  media and scratchboard engravings. Her favourite genres are close-ups of  animal portraits and observational, detailed still-life drawings with a  hint of quirkiness and symbolism.

Elena’s works were featured  in many Australian and international publications such as «Australian  Artist» and «Artist’s Palette» magazines, «The Book of the Dog» (London  2015), «50 Masters of Realistic Imagery» (Germany 2015), «Inspiration  Wild» (Australia 2014), «Strokes of Genius» series ( USA 2014, 2016,  2018), «Art Journey - Animals» (USA 2016) 

Elena is a fellow member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists,  and International Society of Scratchboard  Artists.