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On Sunday afternoon I accidentally caught Olga posting Instagram stories of my hometown from my youth. In the middle of Warsaw's concrete jungle, there is a lesser-known, revered green zone. I used to go there in summer time to gaze at beautiful old pine trees and take a breath of nature within my urban lungs. In her tale, Olga visited this area on her first trip, however she also got mesmerized by one of the oldest gardens in Warsaw. In the near future, I am sure she'll paint an inspired Boernerowo painting.

We talked to Olga what she uses as the basis for creating her minimalist collages and painting of landscapes that are human-shaped.

"My Name is Olga Szczechowska, and I'm living in Warsaw. Since the age of a kid, I've been painting and drawing a lot. I went to the art high school, and studied Drawing as well as Cultural Studies at the University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun.

I'm a painter, illustrator, and sometimes graphic designer. In my practice, I examine the interplay between humans and nature, carefully observing the way we create the natural world around us. By looking at trimmed hedges as well as decorative plants and carefully designed gardens for homes I'm trying to capture the eerie nature of our immediate surroundings."

"For some time, I've created minimalist collages. These collages were in the form of landscapes and still-life, or were made as the result of explorations with textures, shapes and colors.

My style is heterogeneous because painting and collages differ in many ways, however they share one thing that is common to both: they calm. I have heard this term often from my fans and think is the best description of my art. When I'm bored of painting, I create collages, and vice versa. A certain style can be a brief getaway from the other.

I think observation is key. I pay attention to everything that surrounds me, architectural structures, nature, as well as objects. All this is reflected in my work. My artworks don't see any human , however, we get the feeling of human beings in hedges that have been cut or in a mug that is left in the kitchen table."

Go to Olga's Instagram for calming work in progress.