No Words Photograph - Limited Edition of 9

'No Words' . 65cm + 45.5cm, from limited edition of 7 plus 2AP 25.6" x 17.9" So many thoughts, so little to say.... My works are complex photo collages. I have been collecting photographs for over a decade. It is a long process of combining carefully selected photographs and illustrated parts, which are then transferred to computer and digitally painted. "I am inspired by my surroundings and I see potential in various everyday things and relations, people, nature, architecture, even food. I see them sometimes as fragments of my work. Most of times they stay just that, fragments, and sometimes they become unified into a whole and therefore start to exist as a part of my sceneries. By using real life photographs and textures I give my work a feel of realism, although the themes are far from being realistic…" Giclée on Hahnemühle mould-made, museum quality, acid free paper, printed with 2cm white border. Comes with signed & numbered certificate of authenticity. Often they are the remains of what once was alive or had a purpose. I like to create new surrealistic environment where these strange, and sometimes dead or apparently useless things get a new meaning. In my work, they get 'recycled' and begin to exist as a symbolic part of my story in a new meaning and form." "Nikolina uses an profound mix of style, color and technique as a means to transmit various visions from her mind. She combines specific photographic fragments into stunning sceneries. Inspired by thoughts about the environment we live in, as well as her dark dreams, she creates new formats and glances on objects. That way, ordinary things are put into imaginary surroundings and therefore they create some new world filled with mystery."