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Artist Nenad Mirkovich grew up in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, a beautiful old city on the shores of
the blue Danube River. Though not a wealthy
family, Mirkovich grew up in a family full of love.
One of his favorite childhood memories was
watching his father paint. And, if he wasn’t
watching, “I would sneak a few strokes in
his painting before he returned to it. I was
convinced he never knew, but, it was many
years later that he told me he knew all along
what I was doing”. For inspiration, again it was
Mirkovich’s father. He brought his artist friends
into their home. They talked, drank coffee and
gave Nenad art books, which he hid, in his
room, and at night he would read them till he
fell asleep.
It was influence from his mother that contributed
to Nenad’s love of landscapes, his favorite
subject to paint. Every trip she made to the
market included bouquets of flowers. They had
a huge balcony that was covered with roses,
gardenias and irises.
In high school, Mirkovich began to study the
works of Monet, Renoir and Matisse. They
created a new landscape almost anyone
today can identify with; a house, a village, a
beautiful garden. This artist believes that there
are positive and negative artists. Negative
artists usually choose to do only abstract art,
which is not always understood by the artists
themselves. Nenad chooses to think positive
and paint positive subjects. “Artists are created
to carry information and paint history for future
generations,” explains Mirkovich. “Art is magic.
One can become a true artist only if you can
feel the magic or have the ability to put it all
together on canvas.”
Among Nenad’s many awards, he was chief
illustrator for a weekly national magazine in
Belgrade. He received a gold medal for the Best
Newcomer Artist in Belgrade, received Best of
Show in Germany in 1982 and Best of Show in
Italy in 1997.
When not in the studio, Nenad enjoys fishing,
cooking, playing tennis and spending time with
his fiancée Donna Petrovic. Nenad lives in
Houston, Texas and has one grown daughter,
who is an aspiring artist.
Nenad Mirkovich is published exclusively by
Bentley Publishing Group of Walnut Creek,
California and distributed worldwide.
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