Of her collages, my favourites are the simpler ones, with solid white backgrounds and typographic elements. But something about her frivolously decorative paper and digital collages really thrills me.
Name (Real or Screename): Tanja Novakovic Ostojic
URL (Blog, Website): www.art-tanja.blogspot.com
Location (Where are you from?): Serbia
Q: Describe your work in 10 words or less.
A: When I work with collages I feel happy, optimistic, childish, in love, brave, etc...that's my work in a few words!
Q: What do you like to work with (magazines, photographs, vintage)? Be specific!
A: I like pictures of old buildings and houses, roses, rococo dresses, typography, oriental patterns, fragments of old paintings, etc...
Q: How long have you been creating collages and what made you start?
A: I'm 44, and have a sweet 11 year old girl; I love working with colours and with paper! I've been drawing, painting and make all sorts of little nice things all my life, :-)
Q: Do you have any formal art training?
A: I'm a painter (Academy of Art, Novi Sad, Serbia).
Q: What other artists do you admire?
A: I love 18th century french painters, Baroque, Art Nouveau (Alphonse Mucha!) Art Deco, Pre Raphaelites, Sir Joseph Noel Paton (British Painter) and many more...
Thanks Tanja!
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Thanks to you Aprile! :-)