Art for the soul

I paint as a space for dialogue between inner and outer landscapes, belief and doubt, symbol and emotion. Each piece begins in intuition and becomes something like an archive of feeling, shaped by old scripts, languages, and philosophy, and layered in acrylic, pastel, and ink.

Each painting becomes a quiet meeting point, an invitation to pause, to look inward, and to listen.

Enter the work

NEXUS • AVE LOVE

Nexus: from Latin, meaning a binding together, a point of connection. Philosophy has long used this word to describe a structural bond: the way one truth necessitates and supports another, the way reason and logic interlock into something coherent. Knowledge in this view isn’t a pile of isolated facts, it’s the connections between them that turns information into understanding.

This painting calls for the viewer to sit inside that idea. To notice the connections between different perspectives, ideas, different truths, and to trust that those connections are real, even when they’re hard to see. Connection: the recognition that another person’s understanding of the world is bound to your own, structurally, whether you’ve traced the line yet or not.

To see the nexus is to look at someone unlike you and feel a little more understanding, kindness, and empathy.

70 x 60 cm, 2026

This painting will be on display and available at @kavarnacohledajmeno @dudesandbarbies.gallery till October 14. ✨

AVES PARADISI • AVE LOVE

There’s an old story about a bird of paradise, who was caged and never learned to fly. She grew up believing the cage was simply what life was. Then one day another bird swooped down and showed the bird how to break free and fly… And she was finally free to fly and become who she was meant to be.

Birds of paradise is my telling of the story. For a long time I lived like that bird, caged in many ways I couldn’t always name, carrying the wreckages of past traumas and pain, not being able to see there was a whole sky to fly into. But I had help along the way ~ people, moments of self realization and small steps of courage that opened the door and called me out.

This painting is meant to symbolize the moments of breaking free, the colors and light of who I actually am, finding my way back to myself, my strength.

Love is freedom, Love is everything. ✨

70 x 60 cm, 2026

This painting will be on display and available Sep 10 - Oct 14 at @kavarnacohledajmeno @dudesandbarbies.gallery 💫

SIDUS ROSAE • AVE LOVE

A star in bloom.

#AveLove #SidusRosae #Constellation #Rose #Art

SUB ROSA • AVE LOVE

What lies beneath the surface of life and love?

Moments shared in confidence, in trust… An intimate side of love, a hidden and protected dimension of it. The things we choose not to reveal can sometimes become the things we hold most sacred.

~ The rose blooms openly, but what is spoken beneath it remains hidden. ~

Some of the inspirations for this painting came from my sketches and observations in the Alps, and fascinating learnings from the amazing @esotericaoccultbooks channel. 🌟

#AveLove #SubRosa #Art

IGNIS • AVE LOVE

#AveLove #Art #Love #Fire #Painting

Working on new paintings for my upcoming exhibition at @kavarnacohledajmeno with @_chrissthina_ @dudesandbarbies.gallery , more details coming ✨✨✨

AVE LOVE • OCCULTA SED APERTA • NOVA UNDA

Working on new pieces 🌊🌊🌊

🌟 Hello again, Brno! 🌟 If you find me, come say hi! I’m shy, but I’m ready to get nerdy and talk languages, hehe. 🤓
#polyglotgathering #polyglotgathering2026 #language @polyglotgathering

grateful for having the time to create in this beautiful space. @dumradost

Change is necessary, change is good. 💫 @dumradost has been a great place for exploring my creative expression and having a safe space of my own, with many other inspiring creatives in the building to share ideas with. Thank you, see you at an exhibition sometime soon. 🌟
#artstudio #dumradost #artist

I’m done with the versions of myself that are overly polite and filter who I am into something more acceptable.

For a long time, I chose kindness and understanding over my own truth and wellbeing. This isn’t me turning cold or closing off. I just won’t stay passive anymore.

It’s not because I don’t care, it’s because I’ve burned out from shrinking myself, from carrying things that were never mine to hold.

I’ve handled so much internally, the anger, the sadness, the confusion… Questioned myself and my emotions before ever confronting others. Now I’m choosing to respond differently.

I’m not done with people.
I’m done with abandoning myself.

For the first time, it feels like different parts of me are actually on the same side. That’s what this painting is about.

I think this is what peace looks like for me right now. Not closing off, just not leaving myself behind anymore.

#IAmDone #Art #Expression

It’s a ghost party! 👻 🎉 This painting is about closing another chapter and coming to peace with all my spirits and inner turmoil over the last couple of years.

I started it when I first moved into this studio in Dum Radost, and it came from a place of intensity and creative force that I felt coming out of me.

Over time, I found myself feeling more grounded and confident. In life and in my visual expression. I realized I don’t have to fight life anymore. I don’t have to figure everything out right now. I found peace.

This painting became that shift.

I am always curious about other people’s experiences with life, what we believe and why. What do we feel that cannot be said? I want to create art that holds the space for inner experience, intuition, and outer reality.

I’m about to leave this studio and I want to finish this painting before I go. It feels like closing a chapter and stepping into the next one with a kind of calm strength that I didn’t know how to articulate before.

#art #zenyvumeni #prague

My studio feels smaller than ever since I started sorting out and packing. 😵‍💫 I love this space, but I’m also really looking forward to the new one. To fresh energy ✨

I’m slowing down, but here’s a small peek into my process ✨

I’m grateful, but also a little tired of chasing. Chasing dreams, chasing people. Life is good as it is. It doesn’t need to be faster or enhanced to feel meaningful, it already is, in its most authentic form.

Lately, I’ve been taking in each day more fully. Connecting with the people I love, and sharing what I’m passionate about.

This isn’t a big, dramatic post about “finding myself” or making some life-changing leap. Just a quiet thought in the middle of all the noise that we are surrounded with. 💕

I have a few weeks left in my current studio at Dům Radost, so if you want to come visit and chat about art and life, let me know, we’ll find some time. 🌟

#ArtStudio #AbstractArt #Prague

Poslední dva týdny výstavy Tichý Řeky Proud v městské knihovně na Pohořelci (Hradčany). ✨✨

Výstava je inspirovaná básní Evy M. Bauer @vdivemstaccatu , která ke mne hluboce promluvila. Dokázala jsem se ztotožnit s pocitem který nese. Nosíme v sobě tolik nevyslovených pocitů a především často smutku, procházíme v životě někdy tak těžké chvíle které si neumíme představit že sami zvládneme, ale naše duše jsou silné a unesou vše co nám život přinese.

Obrazy jsem chtěla vyjádřit bohatost našeho nitra, a jak i zdánlivě tichý proud řeky nese hluboké prožitky a pocity, a velkou sílu. Je to pozvánka k pohledu do nitra, nechat obrazy působit meditativně bez odhalení jejich názvu a významu.

Report z vernisáže 4.2.: Zahájení výstavy proběhlo velmi příjemně. Byl to krásný večer v komorním kruhu a s inspirativními rozhovory. Těším se na vaše postřehy o tom, jak mé umění souzní s prostředím knihovny. Miluji knihy i knihovny, takže tato výstava je pro mne velmi výjimečná. Děkuji všem, kteří přišli. 💖

Lumen III.
60x70cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

This painting is part of a three piece mini story. Lumen represents the light within. Finding our way through challenges and sadness, with inner strength and faith in ourselves.

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

#Painting #Art #Prague

Lumen II.
60x70cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

This painting is part of a three piece mini story. Lumen represents the light within. Finding our way through challenges and sadness, with inner strength and faith in ourselves.

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

#Painting #Art #Prague

Lumen I.
60x70cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

This painting is part of a three piece mini story. Lumen represents the light within. Finding our way through challenges and sadness, with inner strength and faith in ourselves.

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

#Painting #Art #Prague

Bold Advisor in Café Charmé, Prague Kunratice 🌷🌻✨
February through March 2026

#exhibition #art #prague

Iter (Journey)
60x70cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

Iter represents the twists and turns we experience throughout life, carrying a feeling of acceptance, movement, and gratitude for the path itself.

Currently on display at the Municipal Library of Prague - Pohořelec until February 27th.

#AbstractPainting #Art #Prague

Unum (Unity)
60x70cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

#AbstractPainting #Art #Prague

Grace
65x85cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

Grace is from the Ave Love series and is the final piece in a four-part mini story. With this painting I want to create space for gratitude and grace. Where love is embraced without fear, God meets us with grace.

#Embrace #AveLove #AbstractArt

Breath
65x85cm, 2026
~ Ave Love series

Currently on display at Café Charmé, Prague-Kunratice until April 3rd.

Breath is also from Ave Love series. It’s a moment of coming to yourself and choosing peace, trusting the process.

#Embrace #AveLove #AbstractArt

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AVE LOVE · Sep 10 - Oct 14

Kavárna co hledá jméno · Dudes & Barbies Gallery

Exhibition Details

Paintings

LIMEN

Exhibitions

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AVE LOVE

10.9. - 14.10.2026

Kavárna co hledá jméno, Dudes & Barbies Gallery

Vernissage 14.9.2026 from 18:00

TBD

TBD 2026,
Municipal Library Prague

Fabric installation art

Past Exhibitions

Tichý Řeky Proud

4.-27.2. 2025, Municipal Library Prague - Pohořelec, CZ

Smělý Rádce

1.2.-3.4. 2025, Café Charmé, Prague Kunratice, CZ

Mezi Slovem a Tichem / Between Word and Silence

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025, Municipal Library Prague - Jezerka, CZ

Střecha Radost

May 2024 - Jul 2025, Prague, CZ

Radost Advent Art Pop-up

Dec 15-16, 2023, Prague, CZ

LICHTUNG / SVĚTLINA

Sep 5 - Nov, 2023, Prague, CZ

The Holy Art - New York

Oct, 2023, New York, USA

Great Portland Street - Tube station

Sep 11 - 24, 2023, London, UK

Kostel Očišťování Panny Marie

May 20, 2023, Dub nad Moravou, CZ

The Holy Art Gallery

Feb 10 - Mar 9, 2023, Athens, Greece

Harmonie Barev

Oct - Nov, 2022, Prague, CZ

Art Number 23

Jul 1-7, 2022, Athens, Greece

CO NÁM NEDÁ DEN MÁ NOC II.

Jun 15-19, 2022, Gabriel Loci, Prague, CZ

UTXO 22

Jun 4 - 5, 2022, Gabriel Loci, Prague, CZ

CO NÁM NEDÁ DEN MÁ NOC

Nov 12-14, 2021, Gabriel Loci, Prague, CZ

Street Art

Two-tailed Mermaid Mural

Oct 2023, Heraklion, Greece

This mural draws on the layered history of Cretan folk art, inspired by textile traditions, ancient symbolism, and Minoan color palettes. It reflects the island’s strong cultural identity through Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman influences, weaving together themes of spirituality, resilience, and continuity. Created during a residency at the Lakkos Art Residency in Heraklion, the work was conceived as a gift to the local community and a reflection of shared artistic exchange.

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