Woman praying a Rosary

2003
oil/glass
600 x 500 mm
signature: down in the right corner: Đurđica Balog 2003.

The close-up of a female figure en face. Physiognomy resembles a Russian doll. The oversized hands going through the rosary. Picture framed in warm colors and vibrant tones. Tones are aligned in the front and rear plan depicting the night sky peering from the windows.

Djurdjica Balog was born in 1945 in Cvrstec. She has painted since 1961 and has exhibited since 1963. Her first works were discovered by her art teacher from Cvrstec, poet and painter Zvonimir Balog. (Igor Mukic: "50 Years of Croatian Association of Naive Artists", HDNU - Croatian Association of Naive Artists, Zagreb, 2014., page: 73, translation into English: Miona Mustra)
She lives and works in Krizevci.