DANIELA MILINKOVICH
“Art heals us more than we know. When we are at our lowest, when we experience a great loss and we have nowhere else to turn, we listen to a song, we stare into a painting, we read a poem, and something divine takes over. The relief that we were so desperate to find, somehow finds us.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Based in the Chicagoland area, I specialize in painting serene seascapes and landscapes designed to bring stillness into your space. Each piece is an invitation to slow down - a visual sanctuary inspired by the timeless beauty of places that exist somewhere between memory and imagination.
At its core, my work focuses on our soul connections, our shared emotional space; more specifically, our relationship with nature, with each other, and perhaps most importantly, with ourselves. Are we giving ourselves the grace and love we need to feel whole, to feel centered, to feel alive?
Very recently I lost the love of my life to Colon Cancer at the young age of 45 years old. Much of my work is now centered around grieving, and trying to understand, process, and heal through my work.
ARTISTS WHO INSPIRE ME
Andrew Wyeth
Winslow Homer
Vincent Van Gogh
Claude Monet
Kahinde Wiley
WHAT DRIVES ME
Funny, kind people
Animals
Beaches, mountains and everything in between
Travel
Rock n Roll
Yoga
Bio.
I was born in Chicago, middle child of three. My parents emigrated from Serbia with their families, met in Chicago and married young. Like many immigrants in the 1970s, they sought out the American dream, desperately wanting to give their children a great life with more opportunities than they themselves had growing up. Coming from a bilingual and dual culture home, I often struggled with my identity as a child and teenager. As I grew older however, I came to appreciate those differences; they made me more curious and accepting of other cultures and other people, and now I am grateful to have had such a unique upbringing. Today I am a working artist and educator, instilling intrinsic appreciation of the arts in young minds, and helping students to develop their own artistic endeavors.