Dragica

Another aspect of my work is the swirls. These hold a symbolic connotation - there is a universal quality to them and as such, they are somewhat timeless and formless. They come and go, captivating our perceptions of them even when they are motionless. To me they reflect the essence of being. Sometimes the swirls are constructed in layers and the layering continues until the painting reaches a point where it is impossible to understand how they have been painted. Sometimes the swirls manifest the suggestion that they are a smaller section of a larger form, which exists outside of the picture plane; they keep overlapping until the entire surface begins to resonate with the energetic field of our being. 

In each painting, I capture a little bit of our essence. I see swirls as a part of an ultimately inconceivable world and when represented in a picture, they convey this mystery all the more powerfully. They are used as a metaphor for the transcendental side of the meanings to make visible reality that we can neither see nor describe at first, but only assume. So, in many ways, and to summarize this prolonged thought, it seems that the energy of our being is the main inspiration to my work and it is that very energy that I am continuously painting.