Rafting camp Kalista

Ово су фотографије из рафтинг кампа Калиста, Фоча, Република Српска. Сваке године рафтинг камп Калиста организује окупљање уметника који у предивној атмосфери стварају слике инспирисане лепотом река Таре и Дрине и предивних обронака Зеленгоре. Заиста вреди доћи у ове крајеве ( иначе завичај моје супруге Љиљане ), и уз шум воде, у чаробној природи, уз предивне људе, осетити љубав и радост коју нам природа пружа.

Here are some photographs from rafting camp Kalista, Foča, Republika Srpska. Every year rafting camp Kalista organizes gathering of artists. They make their paintings inspired by beauty of rivers Tara and Drina and wonderful hill-sides of Zelengora mountain. This beautiful place ( native land of my wife Ljiljana ) is really unforgettable. Besides the sound of flowing water, in magic nature and with wonderful people, you can feel love and happiness that nature gives to us.

Will she come?

Hooligan

Study for the cover illustration I'm just working on. The book is about different kinds of violence...

Hilandar Monastery - yard

Acrylic on canvas, 50x40 cm.

"Creation" - The Manual&Co mural

In 2002/03, I was working on studing and painting 48 square meter ( 4x12 m ) composition "Creation" for The Manual&Co, leather goods company from Novi Sad, Serbia, town where I am currently living. The painting is placed in The Manual&Co store in Zmaj Jovina Street 18, in Novi Sad.

On this painting I depicted a street in imaginary ancient town with different kind of craftsman and workers, and with accent on people practice traditional leather treating crafts. Some of the figures I painted were inspired by the works of famous artists like Michelangelo, Puget, Veronese...

Composition was divided in 12 pieces 2x2m, which I was painting two by two and after each pair was finished, they hung it on the ceiling of The Manual&Co exhibition room-store. I painted it with oil colors on very thin woodpanel, curved on the metal frame to follow curve of the ceiling. After the all 12 pieces were hung, I fixed and painted gaps between them.

Here are some studies and details from the finished painting. Photos of the painting were taken under very bad lighting conditions and you'll notice a distortion because the surface is curved ( speccialy on the image with marble blocks ).

Hope you'll find something you'll like. :o)

Prepared cock

Road to Radovašnica Monastery

Moses

Studies after Turner 2

Grandfather

Unfinished portrait of my grandfather. 1996., oil on canvas, 100x80 cm.

Studies after J.M.W. Turner

Turner is one of my favorite artist.
Here are some watercolors I made in past few days, inspired by Turner's oil paintings. My basic intention was to catch his color harmonies, although the 4th is more saturated. Here they are, in chronological order.

Frederick Wadsworth Loring

Watercolor from 1997., based on the photography taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan on the Wheeler Survey at November 5, 1871.
This person is Frederick Wadsworth Loring, the Boston reporter and crew member of the Wheeler Survey, with his mule 'Evil Merodach', four hours before Yavapai Indians attacked his stagecoach and killed him near Wickenburg, Arizona.