Yoga Teacher is inspired by a chance encounter that left a lasting impression on the artist. Rather than documenting a physical likeness, the painting explores the way another person can quietly transform our perception of the world around us.
Instead of creating a conventional portrait, Hrvoje paints an emotional response. Colours become more vivid, ordinary surroundings take on new meaning and the landscape itself seems to shift. The work preserves that fleeting moment when attraction heightens our awareness, allowing everyday experience to feel unexpectedly extraordinary.
Rather than telling a fixed story, the painting remains intentionally open to interpretation. It explores the subtle relationship between perception and emotion, suggesting that beauty is often found not simply in another person, but in the way they awaken something within ourselves. The figure becomes less a portrait of an individual than a reflection of memory, curiosity and the quiet intensity of first encounters.
Ultimately, Yoga Teacher is a meditation on attraction and perception, celebrating the unexpected moments that remind us how profoundly another person can change the way we experience the world.
Original Artwork
Oil on canvas (Ulje na platnu)
60 × 50 cm
2021
Launching at Pittenweem Arts Festival - Scotland, UK.
This artwork will be available to purchase online from Saturday 1 August 2026, the opening day of our exhibition at Pittenweem Arts Festival.
Until then, we invite you to explore the collection and join us in Scotland for Hrvoje Majer's Scottish debut.
Yoga Teacher is inspired by a chance encounter that left a lasting impression on the artist. Rather than documenting a physical likeness, the painting explores the way another person can quietly transform our perception of the world around us.
Instead of creating a conventional portrait, Hrvoje paints an emotional response. Colours become more vivid, ordinary surroundings take on new meaning and the landscape itself seems to shift. The work preserves that fleeting moment when attraction heightens our awareness, allowing everyday experience to feel unexpectedly extraordinary.
Rather than telling a fixed story, the painting remains intentionally open to interpretation. It explores the subtle relationship between perception and emotion, suggesting that beauty is often found not simply in another person, but in the way they awaken something within ourselves. The figure becomes less a portrait of an individual than a reflection of memory, curiosity and the quiet intensity of first encounters.
Ultimately, Yoga Teacher is a meditation on attraction and perception, celebrating the unexpected moments that remind us how profoundly another person can change the way we experience the world.
Original Artwork
Oil on canvas (Ulje na platnu)
60 × 50 cm
2021
Launching at Pittenweem Arts Festival - Scotland, UK.
This artwork will be available to purchase online from Saturday 1 August 2026, the opening day of our exhibition at Pittenweem Arts Festival.
Until then, we invite you to explore the collection and join us in Scotland for Hrvoje Majer's Scottish debut.