Halyna Otchych was born on June 7, 1960, in the village of Romanivka, Sokal district, Lviv region. Since 1982, as an architect by education, she worked as an architect, art designer, and designer. Nowadays, Halyna Otchych is known as a talented watercolour artist, illustrator, designer, teacher, and an advanced specialist at Lviv Printing College of Ukrainian Academy of Printing.
Halyna Otchych is a leader of the Ukrainian branch of the International Watercolor Society IWS Ukraine, an ambassador of the Mondial Art Academia (France), a vice-president of Bukovinian Watercolor Association, a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, a member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine; Deputy Chief of the NGO "Educational Resource Center" (Lviv). In 2020, she participated in the All-Ukrainian project "Golden Fund of the Nation. National leaders of Ukraine". She is a co-founder of the Articus art school (Lviv), an organizer of the International Symposium "Week of Watercolor Art", and a co-organizer of the Art Lectorium will work in the "Watercolor Week Workshop" project. She is a laureate, a participant, and a winner of international competitions, exhibitions, symposia, festivals, and plein-air watercolur paintings.
The artist’s work includes 10 personal exhibitions, more than 100 international exhibitions, awards, diplomas, and letters of gratitude.
The artist's paintings are in Shanghai Museum of Modern Art (China), National Museum of Watercolor Alfredo Guati Rojo (Mexico), Fabriano Paper and Watermark Museum (Italy), private collections of Ukraine, the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Mexico, etc.

Flowers and flower compositions are abundantly represented in Halyna's work, this is a separate theme in painting. In the work of modern artists, flowers retain a symbolic meaning that began in ancient times. It has long been believed that each person has their own plant, their own flower, depending on the date of birth. There is music of sounds and words that people like to listen to and there is music of colours and shapes.

The artist says: "Colour, the feeling of colour, is extremly important to me. That's why I admire the works of Adalbert Erdeli. I've studied the works of Fernand Leger, Robert Delaunay. I am impressed by the paintings of Mykhailo Vrubel, who was noted for his high work capacity. Kazimir Malevich's Suprematism inspires the creation of abstract works. I am very interested in the paintings of Oleksa Novakivskyi and Olena Kulchytska. I have been painting all my life - oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas, and painting on glass. Since 2014, after undergoing a complex operation, I have focused on watercolours painting, the main topic is "Flowers". Watercolours have brought back the forgotten sense of the taste of life. When I paint flowers, I am happy…"

Halyna Otchych collaborated with ROSA in the development of the first watercolour paints and, together with Ukrainian artists, participated in major all-Ukrainian testing in various regions of Ukraine. Recommendations and apt wishes of the artists were taken into account in the recipes of ROSA Gallery watercolour paints and helped achieve the product characteristics expected by professional artists.
We are glad that we have the opportunity to be a partner of most watercolour events in Ukraine, which were organized by Halyna Otchych in various cities of the country. Also, thanks to the partnership and cooperation with the artist, we conducted tests and introduced ROSA products to students of the Academy of Printing and Printing College in Lviv.
Halyna Otchych is the initiator and organizer of the "Watercolour Evenings" festival in 2022, held in Lviv.

"Communication is always the most important thing in such events," says Halyna Otchych. "Our group of lovers of watercolours and those who paint with it includes 3,000 people. And everyone has their own level of skill and their own features. Of course, not all of us have gathered in Lviv, but those who are present, demonstrate their professionalism and exchange experiences. And this is the festival that inspires and gives an incentive."

On the opening day of the International Art Lectorium in Lviv, as part of the "Watercolour Week Workshop" project, ROSA company held a presentation and testing of the ROSA Gallery palette of professional Ukrainian watercolours. The special feature of this event was that the participating artists had an interesting program of practical and theoretical classes - lectures and master classes from watercolour masters.

In 2024, ROSA brand presents a novelty - sketchbook for watercolours, the cover label design of which features an incredible floral still life by Halyna Otchych. The elegant painting "Autumn Bouquet" is used as a decoration for Rosa Studio watercolours spiral sketchbook. Made from quality 200 gsm paper and ideal for watercolour painting and work. The spiral binding allows you to quickly and easily open and close the sketchbook, it's easy to turn the pages, and thanks to micro-perforated pages it's easy to tear out paper from the general block. This sketchbook will be a great companion for studying, quick sketching for artists and art students.