"Snowdrop reflection" Painting

Biography

Vera Pejatović is a painter born in 1973 in Pančevo, a town near Serbia’s capital, Belgrade. In January of the year 2000, Vera graduated from the University of Belgrade, the Faculty of Economics and nowadays works as an economist, even though her first true passion was painting. The mediums which she uses to create her paintings are usually watercolour or acrylic on canvas, though she is unafraid to experiment. Much like her mediums, the themes of her artworks and her style are versatile; each piece is a composition of thought and emotion that frames her inner world view between immediate inspiration and the message she wants to relay through her work. Thew opus of her works is like a kaleidoscope of possibilities; an intricate composition where each element is focused on telling a story, trying to replicate the essence of not just human beauty, but also everything that encompasses life’s wonders in Vera’s eyes.

Statement from the Artist

“I believe that, although imperfect, a person’s creation makes an individual stand out precisely because of that imperfection in the first place. A machine can make two identical copies of something— a person cannot. And that is where human beauty and uniqueness lie. We are learning all the time, continuously striving towards improvement, but never reaching ultimate perfection. Just like many others, I strive for perfection, but actually, I don't want to reach it, because that would mean that I’m at the end of that journey. My life is that journey, a learning curve of relentless efforts to make new steps and go a little further each time— It’s a search for the truth of beauty, goodness, and the essence of the very human existence, like a secret, innate purpose.

Whether I’m painting or working in my profession— I examine, research and seek that answer in my everyday life. In economics, everything is based on raw economic principles and the factual state of things. That’s why, in art, I feel the freedom to express the true colours of what’s in my soul.” (V. Pejatović, personal communication, November 17, 2024)