Positive things in Bosnia – Art / Pozitivne stvari u Bosni- Umjetnost

A couple of years ago I visited my relatives in San Francisco where I experienced the joy of seeing the paintings of Mersad Berber and Midhat Jelkic Bosner. These two and Salim Ljuma have become my favorite three artists from Bosnia. I am no reviewer (nor expert) of arts I either like the paintings or not. Berber and Bosner I like because I find peace in the picture. They are beautiful and I like that they use the traditional dresses and patterns of Bosnia. Salim on the other hand is different. I find his paintings more interesting. When you first look at Salims painting you see the obvious. However, after a while you notice there are hidden things in the picture. I feel sometimes that I look at the picture and the picture looks back at me. I love it!
P.s. who is your favorite painter?

Paintings of Berber!MersadBerber-Sample-01  berber201224 32609ffa2e4367ab5bec4220d94050ad

Paintings of Bosnerjelkic---22-2x30-cm-kt-dik131---150121 jelkic---32x23-cm-kt-bijeli-konj-1303201 jelkic---35x25-cm-p-sa-1303201

Art by Salim Ljuma1928860_941082122606577_1803757967972594385_n 11059239_915804585134331_6763116195305567018_n11046689_937756639605792_248752757449645171_n  11698631_867291076652349_1903756942271413822_n salim_spirala
Prije nekoliko godina kad sam bila u posjeti kod rodbine u San Francisku po prvi put sam vidjela i shvatila da ima izvrsnih slikara iz Bosne. Vidjela sam radove od Mersada Berbera i Midhata Jelkić Bosner uživo i bila sam oduševljena. Berber, Bosner a i Salim Ljuma su mi postali vremenom favorit slikari iz Bosne. Niti sam ekspert slikarstva niti kritičar meni se slike ili sviđaju ili ne sviđaju. Od Berbera i Bosnera mi se sviđaju jer osjetim neki mir kad gledam njihove slike. Isto mi se sviđa što često slikaju tradicionalne  nošnje i mustre. Slike od Salima Ljume su drugačije. Kad gledam njegove slike prvo vidim ono očigledno, da bi nakon izvjesnog vremena primjetila da u slici ima sakriveni motiva. Ponekad osječam da ja gledam sliku a slika mene. Fantastično!
P.s. koji je vaš omiljeni slikar?