Portrait of Serbian scientist Michael Idvorski Pupin

Portrait of our scientist Michael Idvorski Pupin, with a composition of a New York city in the background, I've managed to finish it in a record time, within a few days. It was a commissioned painting for a well known Belgrade gallerist, and Aleksandar Vlajkovic, the deputy director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the region received it as a prize. My situation with this painting have reminded me of a text about Harriet Quimby, her historic flight and a Titanic. Mr. Vlajkovic received a prize on May…continue reading →

At the academy

As I already mentioned at my bio and page about the artist, last year (2013 )I’ve won. Grant at the Academy of Classical Painting (AKS, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia). Most of the time there at the moment, we are drawing charcoals on paper, mostly large scale formats (up to 2x1.5m). What is the difference being self educated or at the academy?