australian croatian artist
on Yuin country by the sea
Towering rock cliff faces, white sand beaches and landscapes blanketed in heavy grasses and native plants, Jervis Bay bestows infinite connection and inspiration to draw upon and rest within.
I acknowledge the Yuin People, the Traditional Owners of the land where I work and live. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
where rainbows dot the landscape & clouds take form
The oeuvre evolved into a fervent expression of abstract artistry—authentic, unrefined, laying bare the breadth, depths and emotive essence, the very soul and psyche of the artist. Each canvas unfurls a symphony of human sentiments, life’s experiences and dramatic interludes, each resonating at its distinct frequency, culminating in a composition brimming with unique vitality. The colour palette, a defining hallmark of Mladin's work, delves into deep, resonant tones of mahogany, magenta, violet, and indigo, achieving a striking dichotomy between vibrant luminescence and the raw, terrestrial textures. Coupled with the elements of shape, off balance, form, and composition, the amalgamation of these aspects seems to unveil an underlying philosophical veracity. The profundity of each piece is intimately linked to themes that span the gamut of human experience—conflict, contradiction, betrayal, pain, empowerment, ecstasy, mystery, and the sublime.
The monumental scale of the artworks envelops the viewer, proportioned to both the human form and the artist’s self-described "hot little messy human" sized self. Standing before these creations, one is invited to see oneself within the primal pours, fervent strokes, and destruction, to step inside and traverse a deeply personal and immersive journey.
artwork created by emotions & moonlight
(from Women who run with the Wolves) Archetypal bones represent that which can never be destroyed and the only thing we possess that is difficult to destroy is our soul. The feminine soul. La Loba's sole work is collecting and preserving bones of that which is in danger of being lost to the world. Her speciality, wolves. When she assembles an entire skeleton, the last bone in place, she sits by the fire and thinks about what to sing. Once she is sure she sings, deeply shaking the desert floor as the wolf comes into being, resurrected, breathing and eventually running away with speed transforming into a laughing woman who runs free. We all begin as a bag of bones and it’s our work to recover the parts, the indestructible life force, the bones, and sing with our soul voice, calling up the psychic remains of the wild soul and sing her into vital shape again. Solitary work carried out in the desert of the psyche.
For me, it began by the sea.
natural beauty in its rawest form
VENUS VULVAS RAINBOWS retrieves and honours who we are as women, the untamed ageless knowing and holding her against our psyches as one who is both magic & medicine - The Wild Woman – the intuitive, instinctual, sexual and powerful primal life force that lives within us, no matter how domesticated we have become, how buried we may feel, and how challenging our lives are.
Venus a symbol of pleasure, the Goddess of love, beauty and desire.
Vulvas a symbol of fertility, raw female sexuality and creative power.
Rainbows a symbol of unity, hope, new beginnings, wonder and mystery.
'The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.'
- Virginia Wolfe –
