Women in Art 278 Magazine March 2014 | Page 49

Mandale avtoric Vande Omejc in Gabrijele Železnik zagotovo zasedajo posebno mesto v prostoru umetniškega ustvarjanja. Umetniška dela, ki jih avtorici skupaj ustvarjata že od leta 1998, navdušujejo otroke, mladostnike in odrasle. Preko 30 razstav ter izdane knjige in pobarvanke z njunimi mandalami razkrivajo ustvarjalnost umetnic skozi čas njunega skupnega ustvarjanja. Poseben slog slikanja s čopičem na steklo v tehniki majhnih pik, da njunim avtorskim stvaritvam še poseben pridih unikatnosti, barvite zgodbe mandal pa dodatno razlagajo tudi sporočila v obliki verzov, katera namigujejo in odkrivajo pomen posameznih mandal. _______________________________ The mandalas created by Vanda Omejc and Gabrijela Železnik definitely hold a special place in the world of art. The artists have been working together since 1998, and ever since their artistic creations have inspired children, young people MERGED INTO A WHOLE I travel through time and space. Gratefully, I observe the variety And diversity of the worlds, Their beauty and originality. I realise that I am not alone, That we are all connected And merged into a whole. and adults. More than 30 exhibitions, together with several mandala books and mandala colouring books, show the immense creativity of these two artists as developed over time. A special style of painting on glass using a paintbrush and a small dots technique makes their creations even more unique, and the colourful stories of the mandalas are additionally explained through their messages written in verses which imply and reveal the meaning of individual mandalas. ZDRUŽENI V CELOTI Potujem skozi čas in prostor. Hvaležen opazujem pestrost in raznolikost svetov. Njih lepoto in izvirnost. Spoznavam, da nisem sam, da smo vsi povezani in združeni v celoto.