Sonja Kobrehel

My work in visual arts reflects the constant changes,experience in my personal life.

I am guided by my feelings, thoughts, dreams and visions.

The sources of my inspiration are many:an appreciation ;I love to look for traces of the people who came before and clues about what they did there and why.

Journeys are an integral part of the inspirations. I am always intrigued by the human cultural elements and visual stimulation that I enconter. I find that every place and culture reveals its beauty to me in the everyday life.

I like to use symbols in my art work and creating my personal iconography. The symbols are the clues to many aspects of my life,but my paintings usually start with a color idea,than evolve into composition in which color is the primary subject.

I work in collage , various media on paper and canvas ,mixing everything possible together and bring it to others in a visual format. Much attention is given to the surface texture adding different materials,carving,scratching,gluing...creating visual dialog.
I complete my work using drawing techniques and whatever else it takes to communicate my intended vision.

2005/2006 Gallery in the Garden , Delta B.C. Canada
2004 Westham Island Delta (Canada) Gallery in the Garden
1996 Backa Topola (Yugoslavia)Art residency
1994,1995,1996,1999,2000 Tallya(Hungary) Midle East European Art residency
1994 Miskolc(Hungary) International Printmaking workshop
1992 Zobnatica(Yugoslavia) Art residency

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Original mixed media paintings from Canada.