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 Emilija Pasagic is a native of Belgrade
in the former Yugoslavia. Formally educated in landscape architecture,
she worked in Europe for several years before arriving in Toronto,
Canada in 1993.
She focuses mainly on still life, particularly fruit and flowers
executed in encaustic. This technique involves blending bee's wax
and oil paint, applied to paper, board and canvas. In this contemporary
reference to the ancient technique of encaustic the paint is sometimes
blended into the hot wax, burnt into it or simply painted upon it.
Careful layering and scratching is used to accent the texture. The
resulting tones are the yellows and oranges of Spain and Morocco and
the olives and crimsons of the Mediterranean.
Emilija says, "There is a sense of mystery within my art, the same
mystery that surrounds every individual as they embark on life's journeys.
When I paint I start with a sense of where I want to go and how I
want to feel and by the end I find myself somewhere unique and different
from what I intended."
Pasagic's work can be seen in many galleries In Toronto and various
private collections in Canada, Germany, Yugoslavia and the United
Kingdom.
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