Jezik sence je sopotnik jezika sonca. Človeku senca kaže, da ga sonce spremlja. Kjer je sonce, je senca. Jaz v soncu in jaz v senci, jaz v toploti in jaz v hladu. To so neizogibnosti človekovega življenja. Pogledaš senco in vidiš sebe. Če pogledaš čez ramo nazaj v sonce in ne paziš na senco, se spotakneš in morda celo padeš. Velik si toliko, kolikor
je velika tvoja senca. V dialogu s senco namreč človek meri sebe. Senca je tvoja prijateljica, saj zaradi tebe pade v lužo,da ti lahko stopiš mimo luže. Kdor govori samo o senčni plati življenja, ne zna poiskati sonca.
Mitja Meršol


über seinen "Schatten" springen..........
in jemandes "Schatten" stehen...........
jemanden in den "Schatten" stellen........
die "Schatten" der Vergangenheit........
to live in the "shadow"
may your "shadow" never grow less!
Nora Drasche


shadows enhance the magnitude of a mountain or a skyscraper
shadows envelop the vicissitude of a drunkard's face
shadows create images of surreality
shadows inspire the volatility of imaginations
shadows deepen the artist's focus
Richard Drasche



V otroštvu se odkritja vrstijo z neznansko naglico, vznikajo kot sunki, ki bodo preobrnili na glavo vse samoumevno, dokler se ne zlepijo z znanim v eno telo.
Sončna ura se je izkazala kot neverjetno preprosta zadeva, nobene tehnike, zgolj palica, zapičena v zemljo, še manj, zgolj telo v pravi legi. Čarovnija sence. Ko je dan najvišji, se skrči skorajda na minimum; ko dan ugaša, se razbohoti v fantastične dimenzije.
Senca je hrbtna stran časa. Vse dokler, kot pravi pesnik, ne nastopi čas, ko ni več časa.
Mitja Čander



People are normally not inclined to pay attention to shadows! They are obsessed with the play called light! You,my dear Eva, have made the right choice to find the balance! On top of that the way of expression in your work is very special. One can not decide easily where does the shadow begin and where does light end! There is an amazing interface between the two!
Srgjan Kerim



Seveda, senca nas spremlja od otroštva in do konca življenja. Kot otrok nam riše našo postavo večjo, nenavadno, včasih strašljivo in le malokrat, kadar je sonce v zenitu majceno in bolj prijazno. Se pa s senco ukvarjamo tudi kasneje, kot igra prispodoba ali kot pesniški izraz. Najbolj mi je v spominu besedilo francoskega šansonjerja Brela, ki se pri svoji ljubezni poniža in jo prosi, naj mu dovoli biti vsaj senca njenega psa.., tako majhen, vendar bo še vedno ob njej…
Rudi Zaman



Eva Petrič’s Shadows beckon. Their dance is impossible to ignore, fascinating to watch, and a delight to enter. The figures in the light are clearly having fun, stretching and gesturing in a small window-world. Not threatening in the least, these angels combine an ethereal sensuality with a playful spirit, inviting all their friends into the frame.

Make no mistake, though: what Eva brings us in these images is really about the light, the shadow side of the shadow. You’re safe here, and if you allow these photographs to lead you in, you will be astonished at how much they contain.
Bill Barett



Shadows are the intimate, the public and private, living in the corners and allies and the inner most hidden thoughts and emotions of both the space of architecture and the space of human emotional constitution.

The only CONSTANT: in (of) shhhh-in the Shadow is its motion. The motion of a shadow is its E-motion which creates the tune of shhhh ...defining the tone of the shadow and with this its e-motion which it expells as atmosphere.
(eva petrič, The Language of Shadows, excerpts from notes)