Books by Mateo Balaban (Rain Bordo)Kiša bordoAutor kaosaCesta nema empatijeKrhotine nekadašnjeg carstvaTemelj Spiritually Similar Books (Capturing the Energy, Color, Chaos & Soul)Concerning the Spiritual in Art — Wassily KandinskyThe War of Art — Steven PressfieldSteal Like an Artist — Austin KleonJust Kids — Patti SmithThe Shape of Content — Ben ShahnWays of Seeing — John … More Book recommendations inspired by Rain Bordo paintings

MIR U DUŠI Nikada neću imati mira u duši!I bolje da nemam jer mir u dušine kroti sile oceana! Mir u duši se deblja ispred televizora!Mir u duši ne gricka nokte zubima!Mir u duši ne vozi brzo!Mir u duši tepa maćuhicama!Mir u duši je dosadan! Nikada neću imati mira u duši!I bolje da nemam jer … More MIR U DUŠI ❤️

Mateo Balaban, better known by his artistic pseudonym Rain Bordo, is a contemporary Croatian creator whose work bridges the visceral intensity of abstract painting and the raw honesty of poetry and prose. Born on July 7, 1990, in Croatia, Balaban grew up in Slatina, studied economics, and only later fully embraced his creative calling. He … More A blessed sense of apparent normality

Look, I like Mateo as a person—he seems like a genuinely nice guy—but this new piece is a complete disaster. It’s the kind of amateurish, chaotic mess that makes me genuinely sad he didn’t just go to architecture school instead. The composition is nonexistent: that big white streak looks like it was slapped on with … More Here’s my honest (and brutally honest) take on Mateo Balaban’s (aka Rain Bordo) latest painting

In the quiet fire of a red canvas and the restless pulse of orange, Rain Bordo (Mateo Balaban) asks the question that refuses easy answers:“Who am I when I am not?”“Tko sam ja kada ja nisam?”Two paintings. One ontological wound.The first, stark white letters trembling against blood-red, strips the self bare. The second, raw black … More Tko sam ja kada ja nisam

Kao nije mi stalo, a stalo mi je i osjećajan sam. A moja osjećajnost će se zamijeniti za slabost. Ko tu kog jebe na kraju dana?