Barbara Zynelt

Since I am here...

I am present in a place, in a moment, in myself. I don’t consider myself an artist. I’m just fucking different, a human being who speaks through painting, because sometimes this is the only way to say what I feel — even though I don’t really want others to know my inner world.

I paint from life — from the things that happen to me, the moments that stay longer than expected, and those that sometimes hurt more than I would like. I have to release it onto the canvas; otherwise, it would weigh me down.

Since I am here, in this exact moment—by choice or by chance—I intend to take as much as I can from where I stand. Every experience, even the hardest or the ugliest, is a lesson. I want to feel life in every aspect.

I want people to look at the work itself, not at me. The painting should speak for itself.

I did not attend an art academy. I learn from life, from emotions, from trial and error. That is my way.

Still ahead of me. I want my first exhibition to truly matter.