Melancholy 2009

Dragan Ilić Di Vogo created this painting, Melancholy, and it's like diving into a dream, isn’t it? Imagine Di Vogo in the studio, wrestling with the canvas, each brushstroke a step further into this surreal space. See how the figure emerges from a wash of colours, like a memory taking shape, and then notice those ghostly forms around her, floating like thoughts. I wonder if Di Vogo felt a little melancholy himself while making it? The surface is alive with texture – thin glazes building up to create depth and atmosphere. That red line cinching the waist, it's not just holding the figure together but pulling you into the painting's emotional core. It’s as though the painting has a conversation with itself as it comes into being. Painters, we’re all in dialogue, borrowing, responding, dreaming together across time and space. Every painting is a conversation, a question, an open door.