Milada Zezulova

I am a Czech self-taught contemporary artist currently living and creating in Calgary, Canada.

Creativity has always been part of my life, but for many years primarily through music. I have also been passionate about photography for around fifteen years, which has shaped the way I see light, colour, composition and the small details around me.

About five years ago, I began discovering another form of creativity — the need to create with my hands. I started making candles, soaps and small objects inspired by nature, using dried flowers, leaves, stones, crystals and other natural materials. I created simply because the process brought me joy, and with time I began discovering a creative side of myself I hadn’t known was there.

Painting entered my life at a moment when almost everything else was changing too. I was going through a profound personal transformation, leaving one chapter of my life behind and stepping into an entirely new one.

Around that time, my new partner, who is artistic himself, brought home a collection of paints he had not used for a long time. For a while, they simply sat on the floor of our living room. I walked past them every day, fascinated by their colours, textures and possibilities, even though I had n...