Lidija Jelic
Born in Serbia, 1960

Lidija Jelic is a typical representative of Serbian naïve art. Her landscapes portray a surreal, alternative village life, rooted in religion. The people in her imaginary, pastoral world are happy, and Lidija masterfully transfers this mood of human immortality, love and contentment to the canvas. A critic described her work as "fantastic compositions with impossible content, full of surprising details that emerge out of boundless imagination and creativity of this artistic "witch" "(Kadijevic, 1999).