Location: Croatia
Danko Merin was born in 1962. in Sarajevo. He graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He is a member of HDLU and the Croatian Association of Artists of Zagreb.
He is engaged in painting, graphics, teaching, illustration, digital design, and art pottery. He lives and works in Križevčec, near Zagreb (CRO). From 2017.- 2019, the curator of Gallery "Kraluš" where are organized many notable exhibitions. Danko Merina's works of art are in private collections in Europe and other parts of the world.
Proučavao sam radove majstora slikara Renesanse, Inpresionizma, Simbolisma, Više od 40 godina posvetio sam se isključivo istraživanju mnogih strana umjetnosti, posebno fokusirajući se na slikanje krajolika i ljudskih figura. Moj odabrani medij je ulje na platnu, s raznim četkicama, gustim i tankim, labavim i detaljnim. To mi ruža priliku prikazati širinu i razmjere prirode. Moje slike govore o svjetlu, boji, atmosferi i prostoru, bilo da su na njima motivi pejzaža ili ljudske figure u pokretu. Obožavam fluidan proces stvaranja s uljima, uvijek tražeći sklad boja, tekstura i prostora. Mašta, san, sjećanje ili opažanje: Tražim izraz i život. Umjetnost je dar koji mi je dan da dijelim. Usporedo s mojom dosadašnjom slikarskom praksom i dalje studiram slikarstvo.
Every person is a puzzle. You are a puzzle not only for yourself but for all the others, and the great secret of our time is how to penetrate this puzzle. Powerful things happen when we touch the thoughts that myths, fairy tales and our own dreams bring. The conditions and settings of old myths are strange; they look archaic and remote, but if we listen to them carefully and seriously, we begin to hear and understand. One of these myths is that those ancient people were originally made from two male and two female parts. They were united into two beings, each consisting of one male and one female part. They were arrogant enough to attack the gods. And Zeus said, "I think I have a plan that will humiliate their pride and improve their behaviour; people will still exist, but I will cut them and separate them." After the division, each of them wanted their other half to cling to. Each of us, when separated, always looks for our second half ... And the reason is that human nature originally was one, and we were a whole, and the desire and quest for the whole are called love.
In this absurdity of duality to achieve unity through the process of "finding" and "meeting the shadows," we have to accept our own anima and animus – by uniting unconscious and conscious. Anima- originates from the Latin meaning of "the air, wind, breath, soul,". Anima refers to the unconscious female dimension of a man.
The art painting is done in the traditional oil on canvas technique. In contrast to the warm and cool tones, it follows a spiral of Golden ratio that complements the dance of colour and body in the composition of the painting.
“The Mysterious flame of Anima 7”
Every person is a puzzle. You are a puzzle not only for yourself but for all the others, and the great secret of our time is how to penetrate this puzzle. Powerful things happen when we touch the thoughts that myths, fairy tales, and our own dreams bring. The conditions and settings of old myths are strange; they look archaic and remote, but if we listen to them carefully and seriously, we begin to hear and understand.
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“The Mysterious flame of Anima 1”
As Carl Jung said: „ It is something that lives by itself, which causes us to live; it is a life behind consciousness that can not be fully integrated with it, but from which, on the contrary, consciousness occurs.”
The art painting is done in the traditional oil on canvas technique. In contrast to the warm and cool tones, it follows a spiral of Golden ratio that complements the dance of color and body in the composition of the painting.
“The Mysterious flame of Anima 5”
And so we see a painter using the color of the rainbow to capture "the infinite transient beauty of the butterflies", and painting the wings of the birds as a symbol of anime. The rainbow is a symbol of the vow, a bridge between human and divine, a synthesis of understanding and subconscious. The colors of the rainbow when light is not lost and inner beauty opens in front of our eyes as it lights up through the clear drops of water in the cloud of rain. Without intending to absorb light, enlightenment, joy, or happiness ... the artist intends to transfer it by revealing its meaning to others, and to himself.
“The Mysterious flame of Anima 8”
The art painting is done in the traditional oil on canvas technique. In contrast to the warm and cool tones, it follows a spiral of Golden ratio that complements the dance of color and body in the composition of the painting
“The Mysterious flame of Anima 6”
Danko Merin, an artist who makes his artistic paintings in the style of new figuration, echoes of impressionist realism, creates his artistic paintings in layers, with complex structures of his individual experience, far from mere description. This work can be stimulating, refreshing, and humanizing. The movements in these images represent the transmission of vibrational energy. She is like waves of light in the center of man; it meets in a subtle place where man’s physical forms and nature meet. If you were to ask artists what themes and motifs are found in their works, their most common answer would be a self-portrait.
“The Mysterious flame of Anima 3”
Powerful things happen when we touch the thoughts that myths, fairy tales, and our own dreams bring. The conditions and settings of old myths are strange; they look archaic and remote, but if we listen to them carefully and seriously, we begin to hear and understand. One of these myths is that those ancient people were originally made from two male and two female parts. They were united into two beings, each consisting of one male and one female part. They were arrogant enough to attack the gods. And Zeus said, "I think I have a plan that will humiliate their pride and improve their behavior; people will still exist, but I will cut them and separate them." After the division, each of them wanted their other half to cling to. Each of us, when separated, always looks for our second half ... And the reason is that human nature originally was one, and we were a whole, and the desire and quest for the whole are called love.
