1. To which artistic direction do your paintings belong?

I think that my paintings can be classified under the artistic direction which is called Healing art. It presumes painting with materials for which, in different traditions, are believed to heal man and his world. Healing art also presumes the use of different colours and symbols, who activate the uncounscious part of ouselves.



2. With what materials do you paint?

When painting I use mostly salt, incense, wax and medical herbs.



3. Could you tell us more about healing power of this materials ?

For salt it is said that it is very confined and compact ingredient that presents a complementary opposite of the invisible world of spirituality and vibrations. According to the different traditions, salt purifies and balances the visible enviroment with the invisible world.
For incense it is known to be one of the spices in the Old Testament which, Moses received from God to use it to purify space. The Japanese believe that putting incense on a board where coal burns could sharpen the senses, purify the counsciousness and the body, to remove the mental and spiritual pollutants, to mobillize the organism, to heal the feeling of loneliness and to establish a feeling of harmony.
According to the ancient Christian belief the waxis an expedient for the healing of man. It is also well known as recipient and transpoter of emotion.
For medical herbs like rosemary, thyme, sage and heather for centuries were believed to be able to spiritually and physically heal people and theirs environment.



4. Which symbols are the most common on your paintings?

My paintings contain universal symbols which are believed to be in the foundations of the collective uncounsionusness and that the observation of them has a deep effect on our inside.



5. Could you tell use more about healing power of that symbols?

The symbol of " Male-female unity " says that every human, whether it is a man or a woman, carries energy in himself which by its nature is both male and female. True freedom of man comes from harmony, knowing yourself and accepting all views of your nature, theirs research and integration. Completeness comes from fullness, and fullness comes from balance.

The " Double Happiness " symbol is an old Chinese symbol of longevity, marriage, and the birth of children. In its deeper meaning this symbol tells us about the development and growth through timed and true integration of the male and female energy in man itself. A harmonizes couple is a mirror-like refleciton of harmonized personality, and children are a symbol of its growth and development.

The " Angels " are messangers of God and the agents of revelation. Generally, they are coming to protect us and bring us the message of love from the God.

The " Eggs " symbolizes a new life. In the Christian tradition it is connected to the resurrection of the Christ. The Chinese talked about the cosmic egg which contains Jin and Jang inside as two opposite powers like a male and female, dark and light, wet and dry. In the moment of the explosion of the cosmic egg, those powers were divided to represent the material and spiritual, the earth and the sky.

According to the ancient Indian text Katha Upanishada, the " Tree of LIfe " has roots in the Sky, but its branches are hanging down on the Eath. It is clear that it is the Immortal Spirit on which the worlds exist.

The meaning of the " Dancing Steps " is, of course, related to the symbolism of the Dance. In the ancient time our ancestors believed that nature is the part of the divine. Imitation of the nature through movement and voice was theirs first and highest method for connecting with the spirit. Spiritual dance is multicultural phenomena, that testifies its power and authenticity. The cultures from everycontinent of this planet were acquired their unique forms of  dance depending on their indigenous elements.



6. What is the mission of artist ?

The mission of artist is to work towards harmonizing himself, because only in that way will he make artworks which harmonize his world including the people who are the consumers of his works. So satisfied and harmonized, his world will in return contribute to the further harmonisation of its internals.

 

 

Zagreb, August 25, 2009.

 

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