Crow On A Tree Swing (oil on canvas 27 x 41 cm)

This is my brand new painting.
As time passes in my painting life, I rarely choose motives that are exotic to me. Does artistic maturity come when we find the sensation in the things that surround us and which are not so far away? If I used to pick only a raven on the topic, now I joined the crow as I see it everyday. If I was fascinated by the lions in my childhood, they are now equally admirable with a wolf. Maybe it has nothing to do with the artistic but with a life maturity. The sooner we notice the beauty of everyday life and the beauty of modest things, we will have more chance for the happiness and fulfillment of the soul.

Kako vreme prolazi u mom slikarskom životu, sve manje biram motive koji su za mene egzotični. Da li umetnička zrelost dolazi onda kad nalazimo senzaciju u stvarima koje nas okružuju i koje nam nisu toliko daleke? Ako sam nekad za temu birao samo gavrana, sad mu se priključila i vrana koju viđam svakodnevno. Ako sam u detinjstvu bio fasciniran lavovima, sad su se podjednako divim i nekom olinjalom vuku. Možda to nema veze sa umetničkom već sa životnom zrelošću. Što pre primetimo lepotu svakodnevice i lepotu skromnih stvari veće su nam šanse za sreću i ispunjenost duše.