Painting

Jiná přítomnost / Another Presence

"For me, painting is a conversation between me and the painting. I listen to what appears before me and I leave space for it. Sometimes a face appears in the painting, sometimes only a hint of it.

Perhaps it is similar to ourselves. Each person carries many images of themselves within themselves. Who we were, who we are right now and who we can become. Some of these images are obvious, others remain hidden beneath the surface. Yet they are all part of a single whole.

Nothing that has been created is truly lost. Just as in a painting, traces of previous decisions remain under new layers, our experiences, memories and encounters remain within us. They transform us, overlap and sometimes resurface in places where we would not expect them.

When I immerse myself fully in painting, I stop creating the painting. I just help it to reveal itself. And perhaps that is when something appears that is neither past nor future.

It is the presence of all our forms in a single moment.

All that we ar"