Trapped... Painting

My name is Dijana Čović, a Croatian oil painter and sculptor from Zagreb. I needed an escape from my reality and my love for art awoke me. I started painting manically. Art made me freely breathe again, and sometimes it is like an addiction.. I like to paint in oil, acrylic and sometimes watercolors usually on cotton or linen canvas. I like big canvases. Using oil I usually evoke the realism of portraits, and with palette knives I evoke the abstraction of shapes, lines and enhance the rhythmicity of the painting. I am painting mostly in the manner of abstract realism, contrasting two seemingly incompatible concepts, abstract art and realistic art. Abstract art does not refer to real objects. By abstract use of a lines, shapes, colors, texture and pattern, I create movement, give rhythm, evoke emotions. Realism tries to capture moments from real life and time or the personality of individuals or nature that resemble real life. I am looking for a balance of values ​​of size and shape, lines and colors. I am focused on design elements and principles to visually express feelings, thoughts and my own experiences. Focusing to create a balance of values ​​and sizes or shapes and lines. Painting is like beautiful music to me, if I were to put myself in genres, my painting is pure, good, soul funk, r&b and blues.