Born in Croatia to a family of artists, Rajka Kupesic was four when she was initiated into ballet, then onto the stage. Around the age of thirteen she discovered her joy of drawing. At sixteen, while still following her love of ballet, she rounded out her classical education and enrolled in a school of music. These lasting childhood memories are a huge source of inspiration for her as she develops her artistic side. From that moment on she belonged solely to the world of art.

Kupesic paints scenes inspired by her musical past, using it to animate her characters. She has a preference for pastoral scenes that celebrate the bounty of nature. During the 80’s she was commissioned to do numerous portraits. One was of Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his sons, another of Wayne Gretzky, and another of Pianist John Arpin, an avid collector of her works. Kupesic’s pictorial paintings are usually part of a narrative suite. Each painting is unique and yet part of a whole story. Much of her work belongs to what has been dubbed ” the narrative discourse”.

Rajka Kupesic has shown her artwork in numerous exhibits and is widely acclaimed throughout the United States and Canada.