Decorated plein air watercolorist Joseph Zbukvic describes growing up on a small farm outside Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb as idyllic and reminiscent of a script for a romantic European movie.
“My fondest memory is that of my grandmother, who took me under her wing after seeing my talent for drawing—which I did on any flat surface I could find,” recalls Zbukvic. “She bought me my first sketchbook and some colored pencils. I’ll never forget it, and I shall forever remain grateful to her for spiritual guidance and wise words.”
Childhood visions of fieldworkers and horses toiling in the bucolic landscape continue to inform the timeless, atmospheric paintings he creates today, but rural landscapes represent only a small segment of the artist’s work. Attending university in Zagreb and later moving to the metropolis of Melbourne, Australia, where he resides today, Zbukvic developed an affinity for city life, explaining the prominence of historic architecture in his work.
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