Painting titled "Thinker" by Nikolina Petolas, Original Artwork, Acrylic

Thinker (2018) Painting by Nikolina Petolas

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Original Artwork Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

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Dimensions Height 11.8in, Width 9.7in
Categories Paintings under $500 Abstract

"Thinker"

Painted sides, ready to hang

I create surreal worlds from real life situations. These strange worlds are symbolic presentations of how I perceive life, emotions, relationships, human behaviour and whatever else surrounds me.
They change and grow, along with changes and transformations that life brings us.

My works combine what at first glance seem incompatible and meaningless.
Catwoman, giant fruit, flying fish, post-apocalyptic environment, creatures that are born in a cave with insects ... although inspired by my love of science fiction, fantasy, new technologies and some distant surreal worlds, they are reflection of my imagination, the way I perceive the world and the people around me...
These are the worlds filled with secret desires and endless soul searching that shows in human nature. Although at first it looks like a scene from a strange dream or some horror stories, actually these stories are encouraged by what is happening to us and which is reflected in our way of life. These are stories about emotions, growing up, about people and their masks, fantasies, about creation and destruction, the primal nature of man, unfulfilled dreams, pain, changes and maybe some new beginnings …

Nikolina Petolas

Croatia

Nikolina feels a profound fascination with human behavior: with her works she searches to underline the psychological and social aspects of our identity and effects that endless soul searching has on our lives.

In her metaphorical presentations, from multiple personalities, dreamlike landscapes to strange and dark creatures and environments, she uses the observation of inner conflicts and questions that arise from them, as a dreamy and vivid example to show complex human emotions and drives as well as her subjective personal experience of the world.

She expresses her eerie visions through screenshots of an imagined story, by guiding the viewer on a journey through imaginative visual interpretations of her fictional worlds.

Her motives are sometimes dark and gloomy and often present dreamlike ambients and strange creatures. She personifies them with her state of consciousness, inner conflicts and excessive dreamy nature.

"Nikolina has found a way to show daydreaming in a new and refreshing way.
Her images are different and full of intrigue.
Items from everyday life become storytellers who guide us to the fairy tale land of dreams and imagination.

Nevertheless there are also questions raised about existence and reality which guide us to the new and sometimes darker spheres. Ultimately, they give us fresh view to the world around us.”