FINE ART PAINTING & DRAWING

Painting | Oil

Oil on canvas or board is most traditional medium used for centuries. I use it for Alla Prima (one session) style as well as for classical grisaille (layering) method.

Drawing | Charcoal

Just piece of burned wood stick - natural charcoal. I only exceptionally mix it with others medium. Not even with compressed charcoal as most artists does. The values done out of pure natural charcoal are irreplaceable.

Drawing | Dry Pastel

Dry pastel in any form provides similar result than oil paints or charcoal when in monochromatic use, I like the flexibility and spontaneity of this medium.

selfportrait

About

My name is Marek Valovič (b. 1974) I am a self-taught artist living and working in Bratislava, Slovakia. I studied engineering on Slovak Technical University and Nuclear physic on Nuclear Research Institute. I spent years of my career as nuclear physicist later as financial analyst. One decade of such a work passed like a blink of an eye, somewhere there I decided to change it.
I begin my new career as a photographer, from there it is smaller step to the art world. Well it takes another decade to begin and master the basic secrets of art, but from this point you start to see the world through different optics.

Buy Original Art

Here you can see gallery of available art. You can buy original painting or drawing.

Commission | Portrait

I accept all sorts of commissions, portraits or other genres. I will work from your reference photography ( I may also use my resources for commissioned art piece based on your ideas). I will not strive for photo-realistic copy but rather will freely transform the emotional impact into natural looking drawing or painting using quite often visible strokes.

Ready To Print

In this section you can buy or download for free full resolution JPEG files ready to print. Unlimited size of 5 prints for personal use.

Drawing | Pencil

Color or graphite pencil belongs to my basic tools. Usually used for sketches. They easy capture expressive emotion. Single or multi color use allows me to underline requested emotion by very natural way.