Unique hyperrealism art gallery by Suzana Stojanović Suza contemporary Serbian hyperrealist artist. Original art created in various techniques including oil on canvas paintings, pencil and oil pastel drawings of horses, Arabian horse portraits, landscape, people portraits; equine artwork; hyperrealism paintings & drawings, classical realism fine art. Enigmatic short stories about life based on different life experience, temptations, events, myths, legends, mysteries and fairy tales; books.

~ A painter Suzana Stojanović is attracted to secrets of the universe - obsession - galloping horses ~

▪ INTERVIEW: A PAINTER SUZANA STOJANOVIĆ IS ATTRACTED TO SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE - OBSESSION - GALLOPING HORSES (S. Mirčić, Newspaper "Revija D", Budva, Montenegro 2010.)
Suzana Stojanović’s pictorial obsession is galloping horses and the universe. She is a versatile artist and a composer and she also studies astronomy. Her paintings are parts of private collections in Serbia, America, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia. She paints horses and makes an in-depth study of their anatomy, she writes short stories and prepares a book called "Following Old Masters" where she gives a detailed description of her long-term experiences and experiments, different techniques, making sketches and paintings.
Where does your artistic obsession with horses stem from?
- You do not choose your subject topic, it chooses you. With their beauty, intelligence and grace, horses chose me to paint them and enter their world. Horses are romantic, fluttering and fabulous. While I am painting them, I feel like I am diving towards the bottom of the sea, and when I finish every part of their slinky body, it is like I am collecting the precious stones from the bottom of the sea. The most difficult part is to paint the ambience because it has to be their background; to stress their every movement, to understand their message. The greatest mystery is to grab the unattainable, to grab something that cannot be gained just by using a good technique, but by something that we carry in ourselves and that can only be seen by us.
Will your first animated movie be dedicated to horses and their anatomy?
- A horse is a mystery for me, just like man is. We still do not know it enough, and we understand it even less. Maybe my future works will reveal more of what is hidden in that unusual creature. My first animated movie will be based on one of my mysterious stories.
Does your art change the world, the individuals or you?
- I work with the finest and loneliest part of the soul. I try to see with my heart. The meaning of my painting is to give people new worlds, to weave the light sky for them. And perhaps to warn them sometimes.
Who has your paintings in Montenegro? Have you had an exhibition in Budva?
- The names of people who have my paintings and drawings as part of their private collection will be a secret. Even secrets make life richer, don’t they? I have not had an exhibition in Budva, but I would love to.
What do you think about Montenegro artists and Montenegro mentality? Are they close to you?
- Montenegrins are people who help people in trouble. I still believe that "manhood and bravery" is important for them.
Are you afraid of being old?
- Instead of answering, here is one thought of Leonard Bloom: "A citizen is a pig that wants to die of old age". The only thing I don’t really marvel, and that I accept as inevitable is death. That is why I create, in order to overshadow the idea of it.
Do you believe in love that saves the world from collapsing?
- I do believe in love, but nowadays it seems to be an instant product. Everlasting love can only be found in Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. Such love can move mountains, as well as save the world from the evil created by people. Love is also called God and this is why it can do everything.
What do you daydream about?
- Childhood is the most beautiful dream. Dreams and dreams come after that, dreams that take us between stars and rocks and lead us through life. I often dwell in my dreams but I never forget to come back from them.
The piano, literature, painting, astronomy. Where do you usually find yourself?
- There are so many skies I can land. I don’t want each of them to slip away from me, because that is the only way that makes me complete. Halldor Laxness said once that the one who searches only for the goal cannot see the beauty of what he does. Music, as well as a painting or even a good book tell stories that the whole world understands. That is why I love all these arts and I am going to work on them.

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▪ INTERVJU: SLIKARKU SUZANU STOJANOVIĆ PRIVLAČE TAJNE KOSMOSA - OPSESIJA KONJI U GALOPU (S. Mirčić, "Revija D", Budva, Crna Gora 2010.)
Slikarska opsesija Suzane Stojanović su konji u galopu i kosmos. Svestrana je umetnica i kompozitor, a bavi se i proučavanjem astronomije. Njene slike nalaze se u privatnim kolekcijama u Srbiji, Americi, Italiji, Švajcarskoj, Danskoj, Makedoniji, Hrvatskoj, Crnoj Gori i Sloveniji. Slika konje i iscrpno izučava njihovu anatomiju, piše kratke priče i priprema knjigu "Tragovima starih majstora" u kojoj detaljno opisuje svoja dugogodišnja iskustva i eksperimente, razne tehnike, izradu crteža i slika.
Otkud vaša umetnička opsesija konjima?
- Tema slikanja se ne može izabrati, ona bira vas. Konji su svojom lepotom, inteligencijom i gracioznošću izabrali mene da ih slikam, da ulazim u njihov svet. Konji su romantični, bajkoviti, lepršavi. Dok ih slikam osećam se kao da ronim prema dnu mora, a kada završim svaki deo njihovog gracioznog tela kao da sakupljam dragocene kamenčiće sa dna u svoj dlan. Najteže je naslikati ambijent u kome se nalaze, jer on mora da ih prati, da istakne njihov pokret, da shvati njihovu poruku. Najveća misterija je uhvatiti neuhvatljivo, to nešto što se ne dobija samo dobrom tehnikom, već onim što nosimo u sebi i što samo mi vidimo.
Hoće li i vaš prvi animirani film biti posvećen konjima i njihovoj anatomiji?
- Konj je za mene zagonetka, baš kao i čovek. Još uvek ga nedovoljno poznajemo, a još manje razumemo. Možda će moji budući radovi malo više otkriti šta se krije u tom neobičnom biću. Moj prvi animirani film biće zasnovan na jednoj od mojih enigmatičnih priča.
Da li vaša umetnost menja svet, ljude, pojedince ili Vas?
- Ja radim sa najfinijim i najusamljenijim delom duše. Trudim se da vidim srcem. Smisao mog stvaranja je da ljudima darujem nove svetove, da im tkam svetlo nebo... Možda da ponekad opomenem.
Kod koga se nalaze vaše slike u Crnoj Gori? Da li ste izlagali u Budvi?
- Imena ljudi kod kojih se u privatnim kolekcijama nalaze moje slike i grafike neka budu tajna. Čak i tajne obogaćuju život, zar ne? U Budvi nisam izlagala, volela bih.
Šta mislite o crnogorskim umetnicima i crnogorskom mentalitetu? Da li vam je blizak?
- Crnogorci su ljudi koji pomažu u nevolji. Ja još uvek verujem da je za njih važno "čojstvo i junaštvo".
Da li se plašite starosti?
- Umesto odgovora evo jedne misli Leona Bluma: "Građanin je svinja koja hoće da umre od starosti". Jedino čemu se zaista ne čudim a što prihvatam kao neminovno je smrt. Upravo zato i stvaram da bih zasenila misao o njoj.
Verujete li u ljubav koja spašava svet od propasti?
- Verujem u ljubav ali mi ona danas dođe kao instant proizvod. Ljubav za ceo život može se jedino naći kod Pepeljuge ili Uspavane Lepotice. Takva može i brda da pomera, kao i da sačuva svet od svakog zla koje stvaraju ljudi. Ljubav se i Bog zove i zato ona može sve.
O čemu budni sanjate?
- Detinjstvo je najlepši san. Posle njega se ređaju snovi i snovi koji nas između zvezda i kamenja vode kroz život. Često sam u snovima ali nikada ne zaboravljam da se iz njih vratim.
Klavir, književnost, slikarstvo, astronomija. Gde ste u svemu tome Vi?
- Imam više neba na koja se mogu spustiti. Ne želim da mi se jedno od drugog otrgne, jer samo sam tako potpuna. Jednom je Haldor Laksnes rekao da ko u svemu traži samo cilj ne može da otkrije lepotu onoga što radi. Muzika, kao i umetnička slika ili dobra knjiga pričaju priče koje razume ceo svet. Zato volim sve ove umetnosti i radiću na tim poljima.