Very excited to have been selected for York Open Studios 2015! I am also looking forward to sharing an exhibition venue with Artist Julie Lightburn. Being keen to show my portrait paintings with a: painter, jewellery maker, or 3D artist. I am over the moon to have found a fellow painter who portrays beautiful scenery (so giving a contrasting subject […]
What a fantastic success! I’ll tell you what I love the most about holding events like this Private View: the contact with the public – I am always interested to hear what people can see in my work, what they notice, because more often than not it is something I haven’t noticed. A great example from last night: with […]
Yorkshire Artist and Portrait Painter, Hannah Ostapjuk’s first Solo Exhibition ‘Hannah Ostapjuk: PORTRAITS’ is now OPEN! If you would like to see paintings such as: An Evening Online, Girl with Plaited Hair, and Portrait of Professor Michael Arthur, then pop these dates (below) in your diary as those paintings will only on view to the public during this […]
I am so excited to be taking part in an exhibition in the home county of one of my favourite artists, John Constable. Many portrait artists (I am the only Yorkshire Artist taking part) from all over the UK are taking part and it’s a great opportunity for me to show my oil paintings in another area […]
What a fantastic day I had at Galtres Festival. Good music, wild fairground rides, and lots of other things to see and do. Plus, I got a bit too excited over seeing Harry Gration at the festival, my only mistake being I didn’t get a photograph with him or ask him if he’d let me paint his […]
Although still in the process of planning, I cannot hold in my excitement any longer!!! I am to hold my first Solo Exhibition, Hannah Ostapjuk PORTRAITS, at the University of Leeds in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall Foyer from 22nd October* – 12th December 2014. This fantastic opportunity was presented to me by Jillian Johnson MBE; at the […]
Yes, I was in the Yorkshire Post Magazine on Saturday 16th August. I had no idea the magazine was using a photograph of me and my artwork Guardian Angel – it was a lovely surprise. The photograph was published in the ‘Profile York and District’ section under an article entitled, Love affair with fatal attraction, by Phil Penfold. This […]
I will be exhibiting two Limited Edition Prints (LEP’s) at Galtres Parklands Festival this coming weekend, Friday 22nd- Sunday 24th August, in The Ryedale ArtsBar. So, if you are already heading to Galtres please take the time to wonder over to the ArtsBar. Apart from seeing ‘Just Peachy’ and ‘Girl with Plaited Hair’, there are a whole array […]
…Actually I am hoping it is more of a very long stroke than just a brush! As some of you may already know (I did announce it on my facebook page) I was commissioned to paint the official portrait of the previous Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, Professor Michael Arthur. I believe I received the commission after […]