Romantic Realism Paintings Artwork by Sinisa Saratlic of Bosnia

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Romantic Realism Paintings by Sinisa Saratlic
Bosnia

On October 25, 1954, Sinisa Saratlic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia. During his childhood, he filled sketch books with ideas and drawings. His artwork was an important part of his school's exhibitions and competitions. At age 15, he sold his first painting. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in architecture.

His original paintings from 1979-1992 combined ideas taken from his national heritage, European history, romantic landscapes, and architecture, and were shown in galleries in Sarajevo, Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Korcula, and other cities.

With the start of the war in Bosnia, Saratlic and his family escaped from Sarajevo, barely saving their lives and leaving everything behind, including Saratlic's artwork. Everything disappeared in the disaster of war. From 1992 to 1997, Saratlic and his family lived in Belgrade. They moved to the United States in December 1997 to begin a new life.

Saratlic uses a style of artistic expression by placing his paintings into "windows of feelings." He says "seeing things through a window gives us a sense of discovering something new, or remembering something that we used to have."

Oil painting entitled Sounds of Nostalgia
by artist Sinisa Saratlic of Bosnia