a sensible spirit

"He is a painter of atmosphere, not one who consistently copies reality. By uniting the European and Far East style, mimesis and abstraction, sensuality and intuition, fond of before all life, he introduces calmness and feeling for space into his works."


I was searching for some paintings for conceptual reference for a job-related presentation when I came across to the work of Dusan Djukaric, a Serbian watercolor painter. I was instantly mesmerized, specially to his urban scenes paintings, which are mostly of Belgrade and Venice. The way he painted the lights is just amazing.

Honestly speaking, as a form of "art", photography has become more and more boring to me these days. You have to start presenting something more than just "that".

I used to paint a lot with watercolor when I was a kid. I could grab a Reader's Digest magazine, since my parents had lots of it, and I would paint the photo on the back covers, usually of forest or such, with the light and streams.

Last time I got in touch with watercolor was seven years ago when I was assigned to design a dwelling for my family on my architectural design studio. I tried to illustrate my concept with abstract colors trying to remember the big hall on the back of my childhood house where my father ran his printing business.

Sometimes I do miss the old days.