ABS 2, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, ABS 2
Original Acrylic on Canvas
Image Size: 23 x 18 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Date: August 2005

ABS 3 & 4, Original Acrylic Paintings on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, ABS 3 & 4
Original Acrylic on Canvas
Image Sizes: 17 x 8 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Date: August 2005

STANDING POSES, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, STANDING POSES
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Image Size: 40 x 35.5 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: July 2005

The painting of three standing yoga poses and the observing pregnant woman on the right symbolizes the contrast between the inside and the outside activity. As the three strong standing poses obviously show outside activity, the pregnant woman although appearing still is active in growing her fetus.

SEASCAPE Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, SEASCAPE
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Size: 33 x 15 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: July 2005

This painting symbolizes the eternal cycle of Earth’s water that needs to be preserved for the future generations. The boat dwarfed by the storm’s gusts and swirls is still safely navigating toward its destination, carefully catching the raging energy of the weather into its sails. We are safe as long as we listen to the nature.

JAYSUN, Original Acrylic/Ink Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, JAYSUN
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Size: 24.5 x 29 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: July 2005

This painting is painted directly on canvas with acrylic paint and ink, coated with protective coat and the beeswax. It expresses the meditation feeling of the levitation in the unknown space while still being focused in each fiber of the body. The red color symbolizes passion for life and the yellow symbolizes dynamics of life. The person is non-defined in his age, race, nationality… and his name could also be Jason. It does not make any difference about who he is. It is about red and yellow.

GOING HOME, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, GOING HOME
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: July 2005

WARRIOR POSES IN VIOLET, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko,
WARRIOR POSES IN VIOLET
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Size: 27.5 x 23.5 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: June 2005

This is another abstract variation of “Warrior Poses”. Combination of lighter and darker tones brings in the depth and strong vertical sense of the warrior pose. There is hidden horizontal line of the pose embedded in the landscapes visible when the painting is flipped for 90 degrees.

CHILD POSE, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, CHILD POSE
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Size: 31.5 x 27.5 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: July 2005

This painting started as a sketch of a person in yoga ''child pose''. Manca finds her internal peace and focus in this pose, similar as when she watches the sunset or dives. To symbolize her feelings while in yoga pose, she used manipulation of light and water wave for the texture. The final image was printed on canvas, painted with thin layer of acrylic paint, sprayed with protective coat and finished with the layer of beeswax.

RED WARRIOR, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, RED WARRIOR
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Image Dimensions: 13x41 inches
Canvas Size: 15x43 inches
Unframed, Unstreched
Condition: Excellent / New
Date of Production: May 2005

Painting is finalized in acrylic technique on canvas. The emphasis is given to the initial sketch that itself is a fusion of several techniques. Manca named this contemporary blend of techniques SWIFT. At some point the paint is thinned to watercolor consistency and is layered several times. The canvas was initially painted with white gesso and it remained unstretched on support. The painting is finished with protective coat and beeswax.

WARRIOR POSES IN RED, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko,
WARRIOR POSES IN RED
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Image Dimensions: 27.5x23.5 inches
Canvas Size: 25.5x31 inches
Date of Production: May 2005
SOLD

An abstract - posterized painting with three "Red Warrior" yoga figures in bright red colors.

BULLS EYE MEDITATION, Original Oil Colors and Oil Pastel on Board

Manca Cvetko,
BULLS EYE MEDITATION
Original oil colors and oil pastel on board
30 x 25 inches
April, 2003

Manca painted this oil painting to help her focus during yoga meditation. It also represents a focus in her life as well as the view from the window of the airplane flying above the clouds. It gives her the feeling of ''going home''.

LOTUS, Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper

Manca Cvetko, LOTUS
Original Color Pencil Sketch on Paper
5 x 6 in
June, 2004

"Lotus" is one of Manca's many sketches of yoga poses. Despite its simplicity as a sketch it is rich in colors and well defined with fine lines of human body.

MATSYASANA, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, MATSYASANA
Original Acrylic on canvas
40 x 20 inches
June, 2004

This Picasso style surrealistic painting is expressing the contrast between the tension and relaxation of the body in yoga pose. Some of the lines help well balanced colors blend the figure with the background. With surreal six toes Manca tries to express her non- perfectionism and "simply being".

A DATE, Original Oil Painting on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, A DATE
Oil on canvas
15 x 15 inches
February, 2002

The magic of love energizes this intimate moment of two lovers meeting for the very first time in Schonbrunn, Vienna.

BEFRIENDING FEAR, Original Oil Colors and Pastels on Canvas

Manca Cvetko, BEFRIENDING FEAR
Oil colors and pastels on canvas stretched on board
25 x 17 inches
May, 2004

The far open horizon is the unknown future of the woman standing next to the snake, the symbol of her fear. The snake became the support, the fear became friend and the sky gives hope with the golden light.