Marta Kunaver: recent works

This painting has been done for her daughter-in-law just on the basis of the fact that the daughter-in-law's favourite colours are red, white and black. The painting represents the bird of peace and happiness, an innocent white dove gently in the hands of a spiritual woman. If she holds the dove gently, it will forever linger with her, but if the woman grabs too tightly, the dove will dissappear as soon as the woman lets go for a second. 

They say that an artist has to fight and live through some tough times to become a real artist, to put the pain on the paper, and Marta's life hasn't been all flowers, milk and honey. In 1980 she lost her partner to cancer only few days after having a second child. Single mother of two sons, Marta Kunaver never gave up - she provided for herself and her two schooling sons, and even nowadays after officially retiring from profession, she's still an active architect, rebuilding and building homes for the most demanding audience. 

- there's the modern man, remaining himself throughout the marriage, but still true, loyal and gentle to his wife,

- there's the beautiful young bride, in love, accepting the greatest gift of all - peace and hapiness,

- the buildings representing a warm and cosy home for the family,

- the sun, the pillar of our existence.