Welcome to George Galic – fine art and unique finishes

Artist George Galic of Serbian decent was inspired at a very early age by the beautiful and romantic iconography that surrounded him as a child. Growing up in the Orthodox religion, he was exposed to the ornate fresco-painted churches and the inspiring divine imagery, where he developed a fascination for the style and the old world techniques used to create them.

At the age of sixteen, Galic worked on his first religious mural with two theologians at the Libertyville St. Sava Monastery. Greatly inspired by Renaissance Masters, early impressionism, and Byzantine Iconography, the adventurous young artist sought out to be classically trained. He then enrolled at the University of Fine Arts Fakultet Likovih Umetnosti in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

During the turmoil of the Balkans in the 1990s and the country’s civil unrest, George Galic received an extensive education in 13th to 18th century classical old world techniques such as egg tempera, original Fresco, and seko painting. Spending six years studying and traveling through Europe, the artist had the fortunate opportunity to work with many great academic scholars, theologians, and freelance artists. He also spent time at several influential and awe inspiring monasteries in Kosovo, Montenegro, and the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos in Greece.

At the same time, the artist extensively studied restoration and iconography by apprenticing with such artists as Dragan Stojadinovic and Djure Radlovic who served as a professor of monumental wall painting and mosaics. Refining his painting skills while working on restoring 14th and 15th century icons with Stojadinovic, the artist was able to experience first hand the true essence of this divine old world art reemerge. Mastering several techniques and painting styles George Galic then moved to the United States in the late 1990s to break free of Serbia’s civil unrest.

In his works Galic combines old world techniques and painstaking detail as the focal point of his work surrounded by rough and unfinished carved reliefs to portray the contrast between the struggles and beauties that life has to offer. “I like to show all of the extreme experiences I’ve been faced with in life, both good and bad, in my work.” Explains the artist. “The essence of divine beauty emerging from struggle is my intention when incorporating sculpture into my pieces.”

Galic’s works can be found in many churches, monestaries, & private collections through out the world.

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