Biography

I was born in Europe/ Serbia. I am a self-taught artist who has got an encouragement in the early stage of life.
Later on I was lucky to get further stimulus from dear friends and fellow artists. From year 2007 I had taken painting more seriously and started experimenting with Oil and Acrylic paint, ever since I've been working mostly with these two mediums. I experimented with various brush strokes, dry and wet brush as well as palette knife.

I currently live and work in Bangalore/ India, no wonder most of my subjects depict people of India reflecting on Indian traditions and values.

My Approach:

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.” ~ Joan Miro
"It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing." ~ Mark Rothko

How do I do it:

"My instinct about painting says, 'if you don't think about it, it's right.' As soon as you have to decide and choose,it's wrong. And the more you decide about, the more wrong it gets." ~ Andy Warhol
"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." ~ Edgar Degas
“The painting has a life of its own.” ~ Jackson Pollock

If you like photography, you can see some of my shots here:
http://www.trekearth.com/members/baladeva/

Nenad Z.