Artist creates in order to treat her disease

Olga Cirnat, an artist who for 12 years has produced pictures from beads, shells, small stones and glass, creates not only because she likes making beautiful things, but also because she wants to get rid of her wheelchair. Olga’s almost all articulations are deformed and she hopes she will be able to travel to China and receive the necessary treatment with the money she will collect from the sale of her works. She needs yet €15,000, Info-Prim Neo reports. Olga Cirnat is from Holercani village of Dubasari district. Her disease stated to manifest itself when she was 14 and is now acute. Almost 20 paintings made by Olga have been displayed at the Exhibitions Center “Constantin Brancusi”. The young woman said that after her disease worsened and she spent many sleepless nights, she began to write poems and then to make pictures. “It was a sad winter and there was a pile of shells in a box. I decided to make a picture representing the sea. Then I made the second picture, the third picture and so on. I now draw animals, flowers, the sun, the nature,” said Olga. She managed to sell a number of her works, six of which abroad. Her preferred work is an icon and she hopes it will help her to cure. Olga’s mother Mariana Cirnat said that her daughter is very sociable. Olga has four brothers and sisters. She is the youngest and is the only one suffering from such a disease. But she is also the most talented of the children. The artist’s friend Radu Iliuta, who came from Romania, said that Olga is full of life and has the sense of humor. “When she makes the pictures she may experience pain and be in a bad mood because of the disease, but her aim is to realize her creation,” he stated. The opening of the exhibition was attended by Sanda Filat. The Premier’s wife said she chose a picture titled “Smiles” and will hang it in the room of her daughter. The exhibition will continue until December 3. The exhibits cost between €50 and €700.