Drawings and Paintings 2

Winter painting

2012-02-07T13:24:00.000-08:00

Haven't been posting nothing new for a while, but here is a "work in progress shot" surrounded with some of my new and old paintings.

Olive trees from Drage

2011-11-22T13:58:00.000-08:00

Here are some old olive live tree sketches I made back in 2009.

Self portrait with bycicle

2011-10-19T11:35:00.001-07:00

Oil on canvas
50x40cm
2011.

The Great Diplomatic Painting

2011-10-04T12:53:00.001-07:00

The painting depicts the iniside view of The Croatian National theatre (Hrvatsko narodno kazalište) with over 500 portraits of people i know. Mostly I have been concetrating on people from The Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, that I have been studying on. So this is a kind of "goodbye painting" for the 5 years I have spent on this institution.

A better image of the whole painting will be available as soon as possible :)

"Diplomatic work"
187,5 x 250 cm
Oil on canvas
2010.-2011.

The Great Diplomatic Work (making of)

2011-10-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

Here are some images of the process of the making of my diplomatic painting which I have been doing for a year by now. You can view the whole "making of" in the documentary movie made by Luka Hrgović, which is also his own diplomatic work. Here it is:

[1:25:30] Luka Alexander Hrgović:

Portrait of Prof. dr. Antun Vrgoč (1881.-1949.)

2011-09-02T02:06:00.000-07:00

A portrait of the first dean of the University of Pharmacy in Zagreb which I was commissoned to do. It was painted from a little black and white photo the only one taken of this great man.

85x55 cm
Oil on canvas
2011.

Sketch of another former Pharmacy Dean

2011-06-21T18:57:00.001-07:00

This is from a really old black and white photo. Have to make the same thing now in color...we'll see...

Portrait of dr. Marijan Pribanic

2011-06-18T06:52:00.000-07:00

This is a commison I made for the college of Pharmacy. This is the former dean of their University.

Illusion of Hrelic

2011-06-08T07:54:00.000-07:00

People buying...

The interesting thing about this painting is that it was overpainted the very next day it was done. The only parts that where painted over was the figure and two little bottles of rum at the bottom. So it is obvious that the old man himself did it. I had to wash his paint away and paint him again, but this time with sun glasses and a mustache so it would maybe stop him from recognizing himself and being ashamed (or whatever the reason was he overpainted it).

I painted the pillars of the underpass under which people usually walk their way to the sunday fair of Hrelic. I painted three randomly chosen people that are usually selling right by the side of the colummns. So its a kind of respect given to people selling on the fair. And at the same time a monumet given to Hrelic.

While working there I was in the company of Lonac, a fellow artist, who also did one column (he will do the second as well as I will do the fourth when we get the permission). Our paintings are actually part of a bigger iniciative by the association of "Kontraakcija", who are the founders of the project "Muzej Kvarta"which is working on different cultural activities around New Zagreb.

The paintings are painted in acrylic, and are cca 220cm x 250cm large

Here is a link to Lonac's page... http://lonac.blogspot.com/

And a link to the homepage of Kontraakcija for more information http://www.kontraakcija.hr/

Trees form Hlebine

2011-06-05T14:44:00.000-07:00

Here are some cca A4 drawings of some trees I did in the the garden of Krsto Hegedušić (one of the founders of Croatian Naive Art). I drew them in Hlebine while I was on a colony of Naive artists which celebrated his 100th birthday.

Grandmother drawing

2011-03-15T14:48:00.000-07:00

A sketch of my grandmother...

Father sketch

2011-03-14T14:02:00.000-07:00

A sketch of my father with a beard, which he specially grew for this sketch and future painting.

Kovacevic family portrait

2011-02-28T14:07:00.000-08:00

Here is a family portrait appointment I've recently finished.

60x80cm
Oil on Canvas
2011.

Self-portrait drawing

2011-02-15T01:20:00.000-08:00

A drawing in ink, from March 2010.

Duke Ozren Manojlovic von Velika Mlaka

2011-02-13T09:49:00.000-08:00

A portrait of my friend Ozren in baroquish manner. The chruch in the back is the Chappel of Saint Barbara built in Velika Mlaka (where Ozren lives), from the 17th century.

50x60cm
Oil on Canvas
2011.

Etida posters pt2

2011-02-06T10:13:00.000-08:00

Long live Etida...

Poster for Etida

2011-01-16T10:01:00.000-08:00

This is one of the 6 posters i did back in 2008 for "Etida" the movie. Its an omnibus of 6 different stories of the young Croatian director Luka Hrgović. It took him 4 years to finish it...so now its out.
The poster depicts the whole crew...
Here are the links to the trailers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xur3iWmqtU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsrbnl0fDTY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNM5lxQ_lI

And here you can download it with english subtitles, enjoy...

http://coolawesomemovies.blogspot.com/?zx=a6c9f22691805ac1

Me and My Family

2010-12-01T18:04:00.000-08:00

Finished at last...took me 1 year

"Grandpa"

2010-12-01T17:58:00.000-08:00

And here is the last in the series of oversized portraits, my grandfather...

200x150 cm
Oil on canvas, 2010.

All 24 together

2010-12-01T17:55:00.001-08:00

Croatian writers

2010-11-30T11:32:00.000-08:00

These are just some of the 24 portraits i did in the last 2 months for an Anthology of Croatian writers

Few beach sketches from my sketchbook

2010-08-30T11:49:00.001-07:00

Drage, 2010.

Matija

2010-08-14T03:10:00.000-07:00

Another oversized portrait, this time of my younger brother Matija....

200x150cm
Oil on Canvas, 2010.

Hommage to Garlic

2010-08-14T03:00:00.000-07:00

An hommage to Garlic and Rene Magritte at the same time. Took more effort painting it then i tought...

23,5x28,5cm
Oil on Cardboard, 2010.

Three Old Men

2010-08-04T13:31:00.001-07:00

150x100cm
Oil on Canvas, 2010.

Italian Baroque Pieta

2010-08-04T13:23:00.001-07:00

A copy of an Italian Baroque Pieta (framed).

30x24cm
Oil on canvas, 2010.

Dad

2010-07-04T14:55:00.000-07:00

Oversized portrait of my father painted in rectangular parts, five randomly painted each day.

200 x 150 cm
Oil on canvas, 2009.

The Atrofini Relationship

2010-07-04T14:52:00.000-07:00

An hommage to Van Eycks Arnolfini Portrait, with my friends Nikolina and Luka in the interior of Luka's kitchen with other symbols.

82 x 59,5 cm
Oil on panel, 2010.

Luka as Hunter

2010-07-04T14:43:00.000-07:00

Luka Hrgović, my very good friend and great young film director depicted as a 18 century hunter, with symbols of his debitant film "Etida", here is a link to one of the trailers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCNM5lxQ_lI

190 x 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 2010.

Fedja

2010-07-04T14:29:00.000-07:00

Portrait of the young art critic Fedja Gavrilovic

10 x 10 cm
Oil on canvas, 2010.

My Sister 2

2010-07-04T14:27:00.000-07:00

Josipa on her second year of high school.

30 x 25 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2010.

My Sister 1

2010-07-04T14:25:00.000-07:00

Josipa (my sister) on her first year of high school.

30 x 25 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2009.

My little brother Roko

2010-07-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

35 x 17,5 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2008.

Romatic Rene

2010-07-04T14:05:00.000-07:00

My very good friend and fellow painter Rene. An hommage to the French rococo painter Watteau.

67,2 x 47 cm
Oil on cardboard, 2009.

The Seminar Delivery

2010-07-04T14:02:00.000-07:00

Again, Sabic, Luka and myslef giving a seminar to our Art History teacher prof. Quien painted in Early reneissance manner.

78,5 x 67 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2009.

Adoraton of the Friend

2010-07-04T13:59:00.001-07:00

My friends Sabic and Luka in the historical moment of comming to my class and admiring me as I paint.

20 x 40 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2009.

Bandic on Horse

2010-07-04T13:52:00.000-07:00

This is an aristocratic portrait of Zagreb's major Milan Bandić on a horse, done for him. It is now hanging somewhere in the Zagreb city goverment building. Hope its somewhere where it is seeable.

150 x 120 cm
Oil on canvas, 2009.

Nude Cat

2010-07-04T13:32:00.000-07:00

My Cat painted "nude" as an hommage to reneissance women painted without clothes :)

42 x 64 cm
Oil on cardboard, 2009.

Delego de Manifesto

2010-07-04T13:25:00.000-07:00

This painting depicts the great historical event in Croatian Art history of me commiting the Manifesto to our Art student society "Ilirski zmaj" (Iliric dragon).

150 x 93 cm
Oil on canvas, 2009.

The Speach of prof. Kauzlaric-Atac

2010-07-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

This painting depicts my academy teacher prof. Kauzlarić-Atač holding a speach when the whole class gathers round and the sky opens and angels start listening as well.

85 x 68 cm
Oil on Canvas Board, 2009.

Self Portrait with 22 years

2010-07-04T13:13:00.000-07:00

This is a self portrait painted when I was 22 years old as an hommage to Durer's which he painted at the same age

57 x 45 cm
Oil on canvas, 2009.

Ana and Sabic

2010-07-04T12:45:00.000-07:00

This is a portrait of my friends and college's from my Academy ... Ana (http://anasladetic.com/), and Šabić (http://miransabic.com/), painted in oil as an hommage to Grant Wood's legendary painting "American Gothic"

100 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas, 2008.