About the work
A female figure and a bell tower woven into the crown of an olive tree, with a gajeta on the shore and a horse in the lower corner — Dalmatian motifs recomposed into a single painting.
Scale
Palette
Proportions measured from the reproduction — indicative only.
About the artist
Born in Split in 1960. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1983, in the class of Prof. Petar Jakelić. He works as an art teacher. In his painting he works in combined techniques, recomposing female figures with motifs of ships and the sea.
Originals
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A bouquet of wild flowers in a vase, painted in dense, expressive strokes against a deep blue ground.
02 / 04
A woman’s profile merged with the crown of an olive tree — the leaves become her hair, while a regatta runs along the foot of the composition.
03 / 04
A gajeta moored beneath an olive tree, a stone house behind it — the motif broken down into dense, expressive strokes of yellow, green and blue.
04 / 04
A gajeta beneath the crown of an olive tree — a golden-yellow canopy above a deep blue, painted in loose, sweeping strokes.