Echo is proud to congratulate Nadia Klionsky-Olidort for receiving the Florence and Irwin Zlowe Memorial Award for her painting "Reflections." The award was given by the The National Association of Women Artists which was founded in 1889 and is the oldest professional women's fine art organization in the United States. Nadia has been a studio artist at Echo for 9 years working with our designers by painting and preparing artwork for Echo's scarf collections.
This painting “Reflections” is oil on canvas, as most of her other works are. While traveling through Maine and the greater New England some years ago, Nadia said "I was struck by the remarkable similarity between Cathedral woods on Monhegan Island and the Russian countryside where I spent many summer growing up. I'm engrained in this reminiscence, this reminder of the relativity of time that I try to convey."
Nadia was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she began her art training at a school affiliated with the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. After immigrating with her family to the United States she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where she continued her studies with an emphasis on landscape painting. Nadia said "As far back as I can remember, I have been fascinated by nature- its majesty, mystery, and above all else, the absolute sense of timelessness. I have been enchanted by atmospheric conditions that produce fog and haze, evoking the still mood of tranquility. I have been drawn to scenes that convey the passage of time, such as twilight, sunsets and sunrises. What is important to me the most is not just a rendition of a realistic landscape, but the feeling, mood, and emotions that it inspires. I am most interested in capturing the poetry of these moments, and in this sense, my point of view is similar to the "Tonalist" school of painters." Tonalist is a 19th century American art movement that includes James Whistler, Frederic Church and George Inness. Nadia's work is represented by 2 galleries in Maine, in Kennebunkport and in Portland.
"Reflections" by Nadia Klionsky-Olidort