ART
is a state of escape and rescue,
it is a way of love and ectasy,
it is timelessness that you love,
and it is a way to say all of this.

Natasa Menart's life is dedicated to art. She was born on February 4, 1968 in Ljubljana. Solvenia.

She learned the art of painting and its techniques in the studio of the well-known painter Savo Sovre.


Natasa Menart's painted characters ask innocent, unanswerable questions. The Last Circus, the culmination of a deeply explored theme, portrays circus performers peering at us with cocked heads and folded hands, as curious and aware of the viewer as we are of them. Menart greatly varies the scale of the scene's three figures, a mannerist move: the figures cease to read as separate entities, but as three stages of one character's maturity. The radiant young girl in the center has been both the infant clown and the grown, knowing harlequin who stands beside her. A bouquet of roses at center stage presents an image of rebirth and joy, but there is a note of melancholy behind that exuberant display; a mourning of the loss of childhood innocence, a regret for the trade of this painted utopia for a world far more complex.

Menart's other themes offer a similar softness of color and interplay of line and form as seen in the circus. Celesta Fisch showcases a gloriously hideous sea creature, removed from its element and placed before us on display. Dva Ocesa, a portrait, draws from Matisse's The Green Lineâ and delicately details a striking, slender-necked figure with solid volumes of color, boldly juxtaposed against the dark lines of the accents and background.

Taken as a whole, these works fully realize the emotive capabilities of figure and expression and present a unique artistic point of view, beautifully illustrated.

F E A T U R E D  A R T W O R K

" (Your) Woman "

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Website: www.natasamenart.com

Gallery Comment:
Natasa's paintings cover a wide range in style and approach. From sentimental, almost child-like renderings of feminine interests, like the pink "Circus Parma" and the touquoise "Circus Paris, to the subdued tones of "The Last Show", to sophisticated still-life compositions, painted with a definite flair.

The humorous series with the "propped up" fish is yet another style at another level of approach. "Harlequin" is a large study in color, composition and harmony.

Her work is a delightful and very curious mix, showing an innocence and also a clear sophistication. An eye for color and composition and a delightful touch and vision are evident.