My way to fine arts
I was born in Rakovnik, a small town 50 miles west from Prague, just as my ancestors on my father’s side. My mother‘s family comes from a Beroun region, about 30 miles south-west from Prague.
I drew and painted from early childhood. When I ran out of paper, I would draw on my father’s documents or table legs. Instead of playing with other children, I prefered to spend time in a gallery above our appartment, among paintings of Vaclav Rabas and others.
When my family moved to a house on a side of the town, I greatly missed the paintings in the gallery. However, I continued to paint in my spare time and I participated in my first joint exhibit at the age of 18.
Wherever I went I carried my pencil and notebook with me, scetching everything and anything. I expecially enjoyed painting landscapes with oil.
When my children were born and were growing up I attempted to spark their interest in visual arts by leading them to varisous craftworks and simple artworks. I have refocused my artistic activities on drawing, painting and small plastiques that were easy to comprehend for a child to spark their interest in visual art.
Untill several years ago, I painted flowers only occasionally. However, this eventually become my true passion I started perhaps by coincidence several years ago. I received many flower gifts from my friends when recovering from surgery and at the same time I discovered old pastells that my grand-mother used for drawing of flowers. Being surrounded by the wonderfull flower gifts, I attempted to preserve their fragile beuty using the old pastels. Well it did not go well at first, but I have continued trying again and again. It was like being possessed, I painted all the time, if they were no more flowers at home I went out and painted anything that was in bloom. It was like there were only blooming flowers left and everything else ceized to exist.
Upon requests from my friends I organized first public exhibit of my flower paintings in The Muzeum Gallery of Fine Arts in Rakovnik on November 1, 2001. Perhaps as a result of huge success of this exhibit and supported by positive reponse of art critiques, painting of flowers become my full time passion. Since then, I exhibitted my works on multiple exhibitts every year. I gained international reputation and my paintings were sold to private collections in Czech Republic, England, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and USA.
In 2005 I was asked to design several ex libris with flower motives. This was a new and exciting experience.
Education:
- School of Teaching
- Mutliple courses of painting under supervision of academic painter Jan Fort
- Flower arrangents and design (3 years)
- Consultations with academic painters Vorackova and Jan Fort
Independent Exhibits:
2001
- The Muzeum Gallery of Fine Arts Rakovnik, Czech Republic
- Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
- Chatteu Gallery The Horovice Czech Republic
2002
- The Muzeum Gallery of Fine Arts Rakovnik, Czech Republic
- Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
- The City Hall Gallery Dietzembach, Germany
2003
- Peterska, Prague, Czech Republic
2004
- The Kuba Atelier Art Gallery, Kersko, Czech Republic
2005
- The Rabas Gallery of Fine Arts, Rakovník, Czech Republic
2006
- The Muzeum Gallery Kostelec n.Čl., Czech Republic
- The Gallery Český Brod, Czech Republic
2007
- Brandýs n.L., Czech Republic
- The Muzeum Gallery Kolín, Czech Republic
- The Theater Gallery Praha, Czech Republic
2009
- The Renaissance town hall of the City of Volyně, Czech Republic
2010
- The Rabas Gallery of Fine Arts Rakovník, Czech Republic
2012
- Prague Modřany, Czech Republic
2014
- Litvínov
2016
- The Muzeu,Rakovník
- Chateu Galleri Průhonice
2017
- Rakovník, Roubenka-Lechnýřovna Fr.Institut Prague
Painting Techniques:
- Dry pastel
- Oil
- Combined techniques
Painting Themes:
- past: landscapes, still lifes, nudity
- current: flower arrangements, ex-libris
