About

Every painting begins with an encounter.

Some places ask us to stop. Mine have become sketchbooks, paintings and long-distance journeys.

My paintings begin long before I pick up a brush. They begin with walking – following woodland paths, returning to familiar places and noticing the quiet moments that stay with me. Often I find unexpected connections which reflect in final pieces.

Through sketchbooks, observation and painting, I explore what it means to pay attention, what it means to belong, and how landscapes become part of memory.

I moved to Scotland almost fifteen years ago and somehow the land claimed me.

I stepped out of my comfort zone and into a life of self-discovery, creativity, and connection. My journey into art has been intuitive, messy, and magical and it’s still unfolding.

My practice has never been linear. It resembles a web of connections between places, experiences and encounters that have shaped the way I see the world.

Walking, running and time spent in nature became ways of meeting life as it unfolded. They helped me reconnect with something deeper. Something shaped by my Slovak and Czech roots, but only finding the freedom to be expressed here in Scotland.

Discovering mountains, long-distance hikes and fast changing dramatic weather I gradually realised observation became more important than reaching the destination. This way of seeing now shapes every encounter, whether in Scotland, my birth country, or elsewhere in the world.

Painting has become a way of continuing these encounters and holding on to places that asked me to stop in the first place.

Currently exploring:

One Year with a Tree — a year-long study of a single tree through the seasons.

Woodland Encounters — paintings exploring quiet moments in the forest.

Journeys — long-distance walks through Scotland and beyond, and the work they inspire.