"The Reflection" Painting

Yary Dluhos was born in an area of the Czech Republic considered by many to be a center of culture, the city of Olomouc. Strongly influenced by the historical and picturesque ambiance of her native Olomouc, she soon began to paint and draw early in her childhood. All her formative years spent drawing and painting finally culminated with her acceptance to the renowned art school in Uherski Hradiste, in the Czech Republic. This was to be the beginning of many successes. All techniques in various mediums became a love, and in those joyful years of school, her passion drove her to enter various contests and competitive exhibitions where she won numerous awards, being recognized as one of the finest emerging young painters in her specialized medium technique. It was the pure aquarelle watercolor technique that became a favorite of hers. Impressionist transparency with soft hints of opaque coverage characterizes this style that few master well. Her creativity and softness of brush, however, lends itself well to oil paints also, evidenced throughout the wide range of subject matter she paints. Portraiture, still life, landscape, and figures all contributed to her prominence in Uherski Hradiste. Immediately upon graduating, she was hired as a commercial artist. However, her love and interest remained with her paintings and drawings, and three years later she went back to freelance art to pursue her career as a fine art painter. She now makes California her home where the abundance of natural beauty from the desert to the seaside pervades her paintings and provides her with inspiration for all her work.