Gordana Jerosimic

As an artist, I find inspiration in fragments of nature held close for reflection. I employ a personal vocabulary of fluid marks and organic imagery to express the ephemeral quality of the natural world. Within this realm, my work varies from representational interplay between painting and drawing to flora and fauna and botanical interplay.

I tend to work in series in the exploration and development of a particular image. My subject matter includes botany fauna relationships and the impact human actions have on nature. Through attention to detail, I strive to communicate nature’s continuous beauty to viewers. My goal is to construct a sense of awe that nature presents and evokes the same emotion through my artwork.

In my paintings, flowers become more 3D-like plant architecture. The structure is made visible, and the flower petals that are stretched over the ribs or veins that give them their structure come to life. There is tension and freshness of a plant bursting with life in contrast to the wilting and desiccation of individual parts of a flower. The cycle of birth, destruction, and rebirth is intertwined as an essential part of the forces of nature.