Forest near Shillang Jaishar village Painting

I am from Slovakia and in my work I find inspiration in the environment and culture of the place where I am working. Because of my interest to learn more about different cultures I studied one year in Basque country in northern Spain and I went for my master degree to study to India. My current works are focusing on visual memory and I am searching the fundamental forms in the wild nature. My first expeditions to the deep jungles in North East India were very exciting because I experienced first hand the feelings of the people who live in harmony with nature. Painting directly in the plain air in the rain forests is for me a reflection of organic biodiversity of nature and its ability to survive and grow in very difficult terrain. Humans have been inspired by nature for centuries, and I believe that till now we have subconscious connection to the natural forms and we are able to read the metaphors for the survival in or surrounding landscape.