acrylic on canvas

approx 20x20 inches

unframed

About the artist:

Tamara Jovandic graduated The Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, and since 1992 lives and works in London, UK.

Tamara is an award winning and well recognized artist with numerous solo shows and many more group exhibitions in the UK and overseas including many prestigious galleries such as: Saatchi Gallery, Mall Gallery, Cork Street Gallery, Royal College of Art and numerous others. Her work is sought after and has sold around the world especially in the United States and Europe, she is also renowned for her portrait commissions and her innate ability to capture not only an uncanny likeness but also reflect the souls of subjects in her own unique expressive style.

Although also an accomplished landscape artist Tamara's work is predominantly figurative, based on human forms, from nudes to portraiture with a strong emphasis on dramatic contrast, expression and texture. Please visit the Instagram address below for more of Tamara's artworks and web site for all other information and contact.

www.tamarajovandic.com

Insta: @tamarajovandic

Personal statement on Emma elephant painting and drawing.

Painting the adorable and beautiful elephant Emma for Wildlife SOS was a great pleasure and honour; knowing that this is a good cause that will help mistreated animals such as Emma and all captive elephants in India

I took the approach of painting Emma's portrait in the same way I would if she were human; I looked for her character and soul within. After finding out all details about her life; that she is blind and was beaten so badly that she still carries the scars; that she was so undernourished that she never grew to her full size, and that she has constant pain in her feet and needs to rest a lot, I became very sad and extremely attached to her case.

I am following her rescue development on Instagram and I feel that I have adopted her in my imagination with the hope that a balance between the wild world and humans will be repaired sooner than later on this planet that we all must equally respect and share.

Tamara Jovandic (February 2021)