Kabinet grafike HAZU

Trebotić’s new paintings are marvellous landscapes as seen by a lonely flyer. In them, Adriatic islands bathe in the light following a summer flood. Abstract compositions with a random sign here and there; a live, dynamic pencil drawing; a thick tissue of verticals developed by the dripping of colours and fluids. A product of both aspiration and coincidence. In this process, in which watercolours and oil, charcoal and pastel, interfuse, the painter believes in and becomes open to his senses, he yearns and dreams. Words and pictures sink to the very edge of legibility. Forms emerge from colours, stains, drops, and gestual brush strokes. In this exciting and expressive flood of forms and colours, self-confidence, a sense of measure and charm are present. Furthermore, a minutely detailed, clear and legible signature of Matko Trebotić, an elegant and a barely visible sign, is present there as well. Trebotić's drawing represents neither a rudiment nor an idea for the realisation of a painting; it is not texture in itself, though it may be sensed in the texture of the painting. The drawing lives in the very cuticle of the painting and dominates over its entire space; it speaks about the intimate life of the artist, about the sparkle of its being, More than any painter’s composition could. The artist’s joy of life vibrates in the painter’s tissue. It is also a product of deep impressions that are continuously growing in the psyche; they find their peace as quickly as thoughts themselves within the very cadre of the paintings.