"Fiery night" seems to be the visual transposition of a fairy tale story. Below, a female figure, perhaps a warrior princess, turns her back to the viewer and her dress widens to fill the entire bottom of the canvas. Immediately in front of her, high rocky hills cut the canvas diagonally, so that most of the painting is occupied by the night sky against which three strong winged dragons twirl and spitfire.

 

The sky represented by Olivia Stocheci is never dark and empty, but on the contrary, it is always dotted with stars, some of which remind us of those of the "Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh. In the same way as the Holland artist, Olivia Stocheci uses a very special pictorial technique. The Romanian artist spreads the color with dense brush strokes, but with minimal thickness, juxtaposing different colors thus making move the entire composition.

 

"Celestial Elephant" is part of the "Celestial" series that addresses topics such as our place in the universe, life, death, and transcendence. In particular, ““Celestial Elephant” is an allegory for the soul’s departure and the journey beyond.”, says the artist, and she adds: “The myriad colours radiating from the subject are a reflection of our unique experiences and traits and how at the end of our earthly journey we dissolve back into infinity.”.

 

Both in this artwork and in "Fiery Night", we can see in the starry night sky that acts as a background, a falling star. It is, in a certain sense, the signature of the artist; in fact, almost all her works present a falling star and the artist gives it many meanings: it can be auspicious, bad or just a reminder that time is fleeting.

 

Olivia Stocheci speaks with and through colors; she has managed to find her own artistic language, and although she loves to experiment with various styles and materials, we can say without doubt that in this type of works she can make visible all her creativity and all her innate talent."