HELLO, I AM GLAD YOU MADE IT

this page is about me and my family

Here you will learn a little about me , and those with me. I have been married for 13 years. yeah long time, we have beautiful and charming, smart little girl name Sarah who just turned 7.. Those of you that have children know how 7 years old kids are, at list it is new to me. I have been blest with many things ,but most of all I am blessed to have loving husband and daughter, I think I couldn't ask for more.. My life have been full of experiences one can just imagine, but I am sure that everyone's story is interesting ..I just know I am not sorry for anything that happen ,because I think it had to, I say many times "everything happens for a reason"  .. I am very spiritual and have my own believes, but main believe and the most important one is GOD.. no matter how we call him/ her ,they hear us, isn't that beautiful !

This is first time that I speak open publicly like this since I am shy , you would think not, but look may fool you.. Deep inside we are all insecure no matter how we look, what we do, and how much money we have, we aren't perfect and that is the good part.. we wouldn't have nothing to work on  :))  I am easy going, but stubborn, I like to learn things hard way, and I often ask my self why...I guess that is the road I have chosen...

My interests very from working with my hands, to the point using my head, hahahah, yeah, I use them both.

I used to sew a lot, for women, children man clothing ,wedding gowns, to anything that one would need.. Back home in Yugoslavia woman LOVE fashion, and I really mean that, they will pay last dollar for good clothing ,make up ,jewelry, everything  considering her look, so it worked for me, and I loved it for as long I lived there

I was in to art in many ways, but painting was my favorite ,which had to wait for a while.. while I was mastering those techniques  it came time to move to Canada..

Here I didn't do lot of sewing, I did a lot of buying  LOL , yes that, we woman are just good at that, I can even get tired while shopping, while spending money I even get tired, that is just not fair ,something always have to spoil the enjoyment ..  So I had more time after my Sarah grew up, to start to paint again.. That was amazing feeling, I can not even describe, when I did my first one here.. I thought I will explode from the energy that was building up inside of me while I was painting.. every time I am energized until it is finished, and at that point I observe it, ask for opinion of my dear husband Zeljko, who is the BIGGEST  critiques  and he will rarely say it is good, it is rather" maybe you should do this, or change that, or why did you paint so abstract, do more realistic"  so now I do not even ask for his opinion, I mean sometimes :)) but as soon as I ask what you think about it, I turn around, coz I know the answer, and I am wondering if other painter husbands are like that, yeah let me know

I already thought to stop writing, but than I reminded my self it is MY ABOUT ME PAGE, oh well , I will a bit more and than continue some other time, it will be more interesting, and you will have more reason to come back

Last year I came across painting on ebay, I do not know how, but usually I didn't go to those areas, I never even thought of selling my art on ebay ,since at that time I was selling wedding gowns since 98.. when I saw paintings how nicely is done and had bids, I thought " I can do that" so there ranka the artist was born.. It was not easy, but I said earlier I am stubborn, no one wanted my work ,not even for a $1, hm that was not very encouraging, and here I am today, selling for a lot more, to the people that I made friends with and that come again and again to get more of my work.. I can not even describe how wonderful feeling that is ,knowing that someone out there, that I never met, have found connection with me through my work, it is like we are on the same wave length

I am happy when my paintings bring you joy and smile, so there, I will finish for today and check back often to read the rest, and you may stumble up on some new work, and do not forget to sign my guest book, let me know how does my site feel to you.. and yeah, I know I am having an accent, I will always have

cheers

Ranka