Places

Capturing the beauty of nature, a landscape painting was originally a window on a scene that was ever preserved from the passage of time, the vagaries of the weather or the changing of the seasons. As time in the outside world passed, as the impact of human activity grew, as the concepts of ‘symbol’ and ‘metaphor’ evolved, however, so did the relationship between artist and landscape. Today, the landscape’s role in art is multi-layered: it is as often a character in the human drama as it is its stage; it is as much a record of an actual ‘location’ or ‘place’ as it is the manifestation of the meaning places – real or imagined, understood or sensed - acquire as our lives unfold.


The oil paintings of artist Branka Marinkovic record real places: those able to travel can visit the actual locations the artist portrays, recognize the landmarks, and situate the buildings or architecture. However, the surface treatment and color palette reveal they are also places we see through the eyes of memory or through sensed rather than perceived reality. These places have a personal resonance for the artist; they are imbued with symbolic meaning, and painted in an impressionist style.


Claudine Ascher,
Director / Curator, Galerie de la Ville

Places

The Storm is coming: Lake Brome

The Storm is coming: Lake Brome

This is a digital painting made at the beginning of the pandemic. Made with a mix of fear and hope over the unknown.

Eagle Island. 20 x 30 inches, oil pastel on Arches cold press

Eagle Island. 20 x 30 inches, oil pastel on Arches cold press

Montreal Southshore Sunset, oil/canvas, 12 x 12 inches.

Montreal Southshore Sunset, oil/canvas, 12 x 12 inches.

The Crossing. oil on 3 cradled birch panels 20 x 60 inches.

The Crossing. oil on 3 cradled birch panels 20 x 60 inches.

Beach House, Peggy's Cove. oil/canvas, 36 x 36 inches.

Beach House, Peggy's Cove. oil/canvas, 36 x 36 inches.

L'Avenir commence à Kamouraska, oil/ cradled birch panel. 24 x24 inches,

L'Avenir commence à Kamouraska, oil/ cradled birch panel. 24 x24 inches,

Rougemont, 12 x 12 inches, oil/canvas

Rougemont, 12 x 12 inches, oil/canvas

April Relfections: Lake Brome, 2014, oil/canvas, 16x20 inches

April Relfections: Lake Brome, 2014, oil/canvas, 16x20 inches

The Fleeting Beauty of Life; Pompano Sunrise

The Fleeting Beauty of Life; Pompano Sunrise

TThis painting represents the unconditional love, the joy, support, nurturing and protection that my father bestowed on me throughout my life. His strength taught me to be robust. His unfaltering commitment made me steadfast and his joie de vivre taught me to appreciate the beauty of life. Bora Marinković disappeared from this world on March 10, 2013.


Each panel of this painting was offered to the visitors in an exhibition as a means of remembering the loved ones we cherish and transforming sadness into a gift of love.

Oil on Arches Oil Cotton paper,44 x 60 inches, 2013

''You are only a cloud'', said the clock tower. Belleville. oil/canvas 20 x 30 inches

''You are only a cloud'', said the clock tower. Belleville. oil/canvas 20 x 30 inches

Dr.Rowley'sSunset: Chicago in the Distance. oil/canvas, 16x20 inches.

Dr.Rowley'sSunset: Chicago in the Distance. oil/canvas, 16x20 inches.

The Ideal Woman, Rue Monge, Paris.,oil/canvas 20x30 inches

The Ideal Woman, Rue Monge, Paris.,oil/canvas 20x30 inches

Places des Vosges. Oil/canvas 32x38 inches

Places des Vosges. Oil/canvas 32x38 inches

Princess Complex # 1, Chenonceau, France oil/canvas, oil/canvas16 x 20 inches

Princess Complex # 1, Chenonceau, France oil/canvas, oil/canvas16 x 20 inches

Porte de la Pucelle, Nancy,14x18 inches, pastel/paper

Porte de la Pucelle, Nancy,14x18 inches, pastel/paper

Rue de Gesu,Nice 16x26 inches,pastel/paper

Rue de Gesu,Nice 16x26 inches,pastel/paper

Olympia in the Shadows, Nice, France, oil/canvas, 20 x 30 inches

Olympia in the Shadows, Nice, France, oil/canvas, 20 x 30 inches

la Collegiale st. Louis, Poissy, France.oil/canvas 20 x 30 inches.

la Collegiale st. Louis, Poissy, France.oil/canvas 20 x 30 inches.

La Porte de la Collegiale, Poissy, France. oil/canvas,16x20 inches

La Porte de la Collegiale, Poissy, France. oil/canvas,16x20 inches

Porte Isle St-Louis 2001, oil/canvas, 20 x 24 inches

Porte Isle St-Louis 2001, oil/canvas, 20 x 24 inches

Chateau de Langeais oil/canvas 24 x34 inches

Chateau de Langeais oil/canvas 24 x34 inches