Ivana Mlinar has loved art and the process of creating art ever since she was a child and her love of nature inspires her current work. Ivana's recent bird series displays beautiful, detailed birds and florals over silver leaf, a new process for her that our clients have widely praised. Inspired by her desire to learn more about the skill of painting, Ivana spent years studying Italian Renaissance art in Florence, Venice, Padua, Pisa, and Verona from the years of 1975-1979. Upon completing this early training, she studies at the University of Split in Croatia where in 1984 she earned a Masters in printmaking and the history of Medieval Arts. In 1986, just years out of school, Ivana became a member of Croatian Association of Fine Artists and since then participated in a number of juried art exhibitions. Ivana currently lives off the coast of Florida with her husband Frane Mlinar, an accomplished artist himself. Ivana Mlinar's paintings aim to encourage viewers to pause and delight in the beauty of everyday life and the feeling of freedom that soaring birds stir in all of us.