Adults do not usually believe in miracles. Olga Petrova, however, is capable of noticing miracles and capturing them in her works in a way suggesting she is aware that a world without them is dull. Her paintings are inhabited by creatures that dwell only in dreams.
The realm of Dreams in Colour operates according to the laws of childhood, lacking in logic, but affirming the truth. Here, objects turn into symbols, animals act as keepers of memory, and humans exist somewhere between sky and earth. Exceptionally attentive to her characters, Olga seems to know all their secrets. Her protagonists are both real and dreamlike: some of them are winged, others fly astride dragons, and yet others turn into fairy-tale characters by simply taking a cosy nap.
Olga Petrova’s art is about kindness and inner silence in which one’s own breath is audible, about the fragile happiness of recognition and realisation that the miracle is right here.
Dreams in Colour is a powerful reminder that even adults can dream and believe in ultimate goodness: all it takes is to briefly close your eyes.
