Yelena enjoys experimenting with a range of styles as well as working in different mediums, from oil and acrylic to charcoal, pastel, and pencil. She exhibits her work mainly in Chicago, and has won awards such as the "Best of Show" in May 2001 at the Naperville Art League. She has also shown her work in Los Angeles, Paris, and London, where she won the Penrose Arts Grant for her "innovative, vibrant, and fresh use of colors."

Along with her career as an artist, Yelena has a Masters degree in English Literary Studies: Classic Modern Writing from the University of London, and has taught college writing, composition, and literature courses since 1994. She enjoys teaching and has found her experience most rewarding at the College of DuPage, Lewis University, and the University of St. Francis. Yelena has also been a freelance editor and writer of a novella and two screenplays. Most recently, she compiled her completed collection of poetry to accompany photographs of her paintings for publication.

	Festive Flowers Oil on Canvas 36x48
	The Rose Garden Oil on Canvas 58x58
	Wishing Upon a Starry Night Oil on Canvas 30x40
	Purple Iris Oil on Canvas 16x20
	Violets Oil on Canvas 12x16
	Yellow Sunflowers Oil on Canvas 16x20
	Blue Irises Oil on Canvas 16x20
	Laughing at Temptation Oil on Canvas 24x30
	The Artist Oil on Canvas 24x30
	The Jitterbug Oil on Canvas 24x48
	Red Lounge Band Oil on Canvas 24x30
	The Bourgeois Brunch Oil on Canvas 36x48
	Nude Female Figure Charcoal - Pastels 18x24
	Torso of Nude Male Figure Charcoal - Pastels 18x20
	Native American Mother with Child Charcoal 18x24
	Elderly Native American Man with Pipe Charcoal 18x24
	Native American Man in Vest B/W Pencil Drawing
	Hand Pencils in a Profile B/W Pencil Drawing
	The Blue Faces Oil on Canvas 36x48
	Edgar Allen Poe Oil on Canvas 20x24
	Listening Oil on Canvas 24x36

• Yelena Kajevic
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