landscape painter, where nature and human work speak together
I focus on realistic painting of places where human work meets nature: architecture and buildings set into the landscape, avenues planted toward a chateau or chapel, and quarries that fell silent after mining ended and are slowly being reclaimed by nature. I’m interested in the trace that people leave in the landscape, and in what happens to it over time: sometimes people lead, sometimes nature does, and sometimes they manage to work together so that a new, unexpected harmony emerges. Whether I’m standing in an avenue, at the bottom of a silent quarry, below a castle, or by a pond, I’m looking for that exact moment when these two worlds meet. I let the architecture take root, the quarry grow wild again, and nature go on telling the story of a place that people once changed.
I work mainly with oil, but also with acrylic and watercolor. Painting is a way for me to be present in a place even after I return home and to continue speaking through the painting.
I have actually been to the places I capture. I was captivated by their atmosphere, story, light, and traces of time. I want my paintings to appeal with their welcoming atmosphere, calmness, and depth both visual and inner. Because there is always more to every landscape than meets the eye.
My journey began in 2008 at the National Gallery in London. It was there that I first saw John Constable’s paintings – The Hay Wain and Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows – as well as J. M. W. Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire, which appealed to me with its powerful story and symbolism. The paintings made such an impression on me that I bought a book about Constable on the spot – with a quiet commitment to not only learn to paint, but also to learn English so that I could read it one day.
I began studying at the Studio KMM realistic painting studio in Prague, then at Leeds College of Art in northern England, and I learned from several Czech and foreign painters. I finally learned English in England – and I actually read the book.
Since 2020, I have been exhibiting regularly and teaching art courses – since 2024 in my own studio in Kladno. And since 2025, I have also been offering limited edition art prints of my paintings.