Kate Oleska - Portrait Artist / Illustrator

Artist Kate Oleska in front of her painting of Robbie Williams

A photo from Robbie's album cover photoshoot :)

#robbiewilliams #britpop

Every Winter Olympics I become an expert in figure skating jumps. By the end I can easily recognise each of the six jumps and I'm certain that from now on I will always remember which jump is which.... And then I completely forget everything until the next time
#olympics #figureskating

I made that video ages ago (when the album came out on 17th of January) and never posted it here 😁

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Whilst one painting is drying on the big easel, I'm painting this small portrait on the plain air easel. It was supposed to be a quick alla prima sketch but I think I might go for more details in the second layer. :)

#oilpainting #portrait #oilsketch

Oh FFS. This is enraging. No wonder I get so little traction on Facebook and Instagram. I am tempted to try the verification and see how big of a change it could make. Just as an experiment.

Mick the week is back!! Yay! 😁

#mocktheweek

Portrait of a young woman in a yellow shawl on red background

Portrait of Lucy, 11"x14,5" oil on paper.

I usually don't work alla prima but this one was painted in one go. A long session but in one layer :)

#oilpainting #portraitpainting #oilonboard #portraitofagirl

Celebrity traitors was brilliant. Obviously the finale was over a week ago but only now I have the time to do some sketching. Mr Stephen Fry was charming as always :) #pencildrawing #stephenfry #celebritytraitorsuk
#claudiawinkleman

Thank you!

On the easel atm :)

#oilpainting #petportait

(2)... Ever since I was hired to paint Robbie's portrait I knew that it was going to be everywhere but I'm still flabbergasted every time it happens. So very exciting!! 😁 The new song "Pretty Face" he sang on the show was brilliant! Loved it! ❤️

This is so cool! ❤️ Robbie was on Graham Norton's show yesterday promoting his new album. It feels so surreal to see my art on the show that I love, especially with Julia Roberts, Colin Farrel, Benedict Cumberbatch and Gloria Estefan present as well! 😁

#robbiewilliams #britpop

Did you know that at this point in time 72% of the world's population lives in autocracies – the highest level since 1978? And more are sliding that way fast.

I have kids so I enjoy these a lot 😁

Portrait of the former Headmaster of the Saint Lawrence College in Ramsgate.
He was a wonderful sitter and a pleasure to paint :)
60x75cm oil on panel
#portraitpainting #oilpainting #oilonpanel #portraitpainter

Painting my new commission whilst watching Wimbledon. :)
#oilpainting #petportrait #fineart #art #painting #oilonboard #oilonpanel #dog

Thank you Andi! 😊

Thought I'd share this lovely double portrait I was recently commissioned for. :)
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Start of a new painting :)

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process on a recently made red sonja cover

One of the recent portrait commissions that I had the pleasure to paint. Hope you enjoy! :)

35x50cm oil on panel

#portraitpainting #traditionalart #oilpainting

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I had the privilege of being at the photoshoot for the cover as well and it was an amazing experience!

The painting is based on the iconic photo of Robbie taken during the Glastonbury Festival in 1995 just before he left Take That. It was so much fun creating it and it was a challenge to keep it a secret! 😁

I can finally reveal that I have the pleasure and honour of being the artist behind the painting on the cover of Robbie Williams' new album "Britpop"! 😁 The cover and Robbie's new single "Rocket" was just released this morning and it's fantastic! We have lift off! 💥🚀😁
#robbiewilliams #newalbum

May the 4th be with you! A series of sketches I did a few years ago :)
#maythefourth #starwars #lukeskywalker #leia #hansolo

I'm still posting on Instagram. But wondering what the purpose of this platform is anymore. Everyone's reach is limited but it really is painful when you have little following to begin with. I'm not expecting anything from Instagram at this point.

Thought I'd share making of Kira's portrait :)

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Bit more painting to share. It's still the first layer so a lot of adjustments will be done in consecutive stages, but the block in layer always looks best as you can see biggest changes happening in a short amount of time :)
#oilpainting #brushwork #painting #oilonpanel #portraitpainting

Close upof a painti gIm working on right nie. Tried to get a nice close up of all the brushwork. :)
Still the first stage but hands and face usually receive more attention from me since I love painting rhen.
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