"I'm ever searching for the perfect painting. But always hoping
not to find it - because it's the search that I really love so much."
Voka, (1965) lives and works in the Lower Austrian town of Puchberg am Schneeberg. He coined the term "Spontaneous Realism" as a trademark for his art. Voka defines this style as a revival of the significance of contemporary art, a valued tradition in a new era, with a new interpretation reflecting today ́s spirit of the time. His distinctive style, emerging from the dynamic of the moment, enables him to strikingly capture immediate reality while the observer is able to palpably feel the imbedded movement. His ability to create one of his paintings in a short space of time and with great dynamic.
The basis of his artistic creations is rooted in a decade-long altercation with the art of realism. He researched the technique of the old masters and appropriated them into his own intensive self-study. It was his first contact with watercolour that made him realize that working quickly - which he was almost forced to do when working outside as the colours dry so quickly - could give his stroke more momentum and therefore enormous dynamic. With the discovery of acrylic he was able to allow his solid basic knowledge of, not only the meticulousness and `heavy`art of oil painting but also the `light`and rapid technique of watercolour painting, to flow together to discover and develop his own style of Spontaneous Realism.
If you look in a dictionary for the word spontaneous you will find definitions like, "rising from a momentary impulse without conscious reflection", or, "not apparently contrived or anipulated: natural" or "often surprising for the surrounding environment". Looking at Voka's paintings from this vantage point, makes this newly created expression a more than meaningful description of his work. If one has the opportunity or chance to watch the painter while he is in the act of creating his work, and see – or better, experience – the immediacy, vigor and enthusiasm with which Voka creates his paintings, then this simple expression, spontaneous realism, conveys a defining emotion. And this is exactly the moment where his art begins. Voka's inspirations are the everyday events of daily life, the seemingly hidden, though omnipresent.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Voka. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
Voka, (1965) lives and works in the Lower Austrian town of Puchberg am Schneeberg. He coined the term "Spontaneous Realism" as a trademark for his art. Voka defines this style as a revival of the significance of contemporary art, a valued tradition in a new era, with a new interpretation reflecting today ́s spirit of the time. His distinctive style, emerging from the dynamic of the moment, enables him to strikingly capture immediate reality while the observer is able to palpably feel the imbedded movement. His ability to create one of his paintings in a short space of time and with great dynamic.
The basis of his artistic creations is rooted in a decade-long altercation with the art of realism. He researched the technique of the old masters and appropriated them into his own intensive self-study. It was his first contact with watercolour that made him realize that working quickly - which he was almost forced to do when working outside as the colours dry so quickly - could give his stroke more momentum and therefore enormous dynamic. With the discovery of acrylic he was able to allow his solid basic knowledge of, not only the meticulousness and `heavy`art of oil painting but also the `light`and rapid technique of watercolour painting, to flow together to discover and develop his own style of Spontaneous Realism.
If you look in a dictionary for the word spontaneous you will find definitions like, "rising from a momentary impulse without conscious reflection", or, "not apparently contrived or anipulated: natural" or "often surprising for the surrounding environment". Looking at Voka's paintings from this vantage point, makes this newly created expression a more than meaningful description of his work. If one has the opportunity or chance to watch the painter while he is in the act of creating his work, and see – or better, experience – the immediacy, vigor and enthusiasm with which Voka creates his paintings, then this simple expression, spontaneous realism, conveys a defining emotion. And this is exactly the moment where his art begins. Voka's inspirations are the everyday events of daily life, the seemingly hidden, though omnipresent.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Voka. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mr Voka |
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| 2003, Greece Koroni, 19,7" x 15,8", Water Colour |
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| 2005, Karekla, 47,2"x 78,7" |
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| 2005-06, London, sketch |
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| 2007, Dry Dock, 19,7" x 27,6" |
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| 2007, Moscow, 39,4" X 59,1" |
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| 2007, Tower Bridge, 47,2" x 59,1" |
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| 2007, Wien sketch |
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| 2008, Moscow, 39,4" X 47,2" |
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| 2008, Arch of Tryumph |
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| 2008, Vrsar Croatia, 05, 29,5" x 21,7" |
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| 2009, Geras 01, 22,1" x 29,9" |
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| 2009, Moscow Boischoi, 27,6" X 39,4" |
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| 2009, Vienna Karlskirche, 19,7" x 27,6" |
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| 2010, John Lennon, 59,1" x 78,7" |
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| 2010, Polo, 70,9" x 86,8" |
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| 2011, Einstein sketch |
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| 2011, Ghandi, 74,8" x 98,4" |
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| 2011, Head 07, 15,8" x 15,8" |
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| 2011, Jimi sketch |
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| 2011, Sitting Bull, 59,1" x 78,7" |
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| 2011, Venezia Gondola, 31,5" x 47,2" |
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| 2011, Venezia, 39,4" X 59,1" |
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| 2011, Sketch |
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| 2012, Andy Warhol, 74,8" x 110,2" |
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| 2012, Leute, 39,37"x 55,12" |
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| 2012, People 04, 39,4" x 55,1" |
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| 2013, Charlie Chaplin II, 74,8"x 74,8" |
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| 2013, Jimi Hendrix, 74,8"x 74,8" |
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| 2013, Joseph Beuys, 110,24"x 74,8" |
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| 2013, New York City, 59,1" x 78,7" |
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| 2013, Venezia, 70,87"x 70,87" |
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| 2013, Vienna, 86,61"x 86,61" |
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| 2014, Brigitte Bardot, 74,8" x 74,8" |
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| 2014, Lost in Thought, 39,4"x 59,1" |
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| 2014, Marilyn Monroe, 74,8" x 74,9" |
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| 2014, Miami South Beach, 47,24" x 62,99" |
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| 2014, Mick, 110,2" x 74,8" |
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| 2014, Mount Rushmore, 74,8"x 110,2" |
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| 2014, NYC, 39,4" x 47,2" |
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| 2014, NYC, 78,74" x 59,06" |
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| 2015, Paul, 59,1"x 82,7" |
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| 2015, Sigmund, 74,8" x 82,7" |
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| 2015, The 70´s, 47,2" x 70,9" |
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| 2015, Vienna - Gloriette, 19,7" x 27,6" |
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| 2016, Albrecht Duerer Rabbit, 47,2" x 59,1" |
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| 2016, David, 74,8" x 110,2" |
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| 2016, Head, 31,5" X 31,5" |
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| 2016, Maria Theresia, 35,4" X 31,5" |
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| 2016, The Last Supper, 181,1" X 82,7" |
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| 2016, The Vitruvian Man, 74,8" X 74,8" |
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| 2016,The Creation of Adam, 06,2" X 59,1" |
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| 2017, Filos, 139,4"x 55,1" |
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| 2017, Greece, 23,6" x31,5" |
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| 2017, Marylin, 59,1" x78,7" |
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| 2017, NYC |
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| 2017, Salvador, 78,7" x59" |
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| 2018, Native American Chief, 59,1"x78,7" |
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| 2018, Amadeus, 47,2" x47,2" |
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| 2018, Andy, 59,1" x59,1" |
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| 2018, Frida, 74,8" x74,8" |
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