Simona Kroutilová

In high school, my art teacher opened the door to the world of artistic creation for me. He was a man who lived and breathed art – his passion was almost tangible. He was able to show me that painting is not only beautiful, but also liberating.

My love for art has remained with me, even though life has taken me elsewhere.

After years of studying technical subjects and working in a shop with a technical overlap, I found myself in the world of my own business, where metal, sheet metal, welding, calculations and tables rule. And it was in this world, where everything must have its precise order, that I began to look for space for something else – for freedom, emotions, colours.

For me, my own creation is an escape and balance. On canvas, I can forget about numbers and logic and immerse myself in a world of abstraction, where feelings, details and rustic beauty have their place. Every brushstroke and connection of colours reminds me that even the technical world has space for expressing emotions.My paintings are my way back to myself – to joy, to freedom, to what makes me happy. You can find all the emotions on my canvases. Their magic is that you can find your own feelings in them, or see them in a completely different way.

Thank...

Chrudim (May/June 2025)