Why paint?
I paint because art allows me to explore the world through visual metaphors. When one looks at the world through painter’s eyes, one discovers a world that suddenly speaks a different language. It’s a world inside a world. I believe that learning its language is a worthy pursuit.
My medium of choice is watercolor, in part because of its utilitarian value. It’s exceptionally versatile and immediate. An idea can be put down on paper with watercolor in a matter of minutes. The required setup is straightforward and minimal.
Painting subjects are always around in abundance. Artists translate the commonplace into something worth looking at. Where there’s creativity there’s always hope for an original point of view.
It’s an idea, not a thing, that I paint.
Selected Biography
1985 Born in Czechoslovakia
2009 Solo show Daniel Novotny “Akvarely” (Watercolors). Slovakia
2013 Solo show “Cote d’Azur”. Slovakia
2013 Solo show “Cote d’Azur”. Slovakia
2013 Solo show “Cote d’Azur”. Slovakia
2013 National competition “Vytvarne spektrum”, First Prize. Slovakia
2014 Group show/competition “Vytvarne spektrum”. Slovakia
2015 Group show “5th Anniversary exhibit Julia Kay’s Portrait Party”. San Francisco, California, US
2015 Group show/event “International Watercolor Festival”. Tirana, Albania
2016 Group show/event First International Watercolour Festival. Budapest, Hungary
2016 Group show/competition “Vytvarne spektrum”. Slovakia
2017 Group show/event Fabriano in Acquarello. Fabriano, Italy
2020 Solo show “Watercolors 2012-2020”. Slovakia
2021 Group show “Romancing Aquarelle Landscape”. Jakarta, Indonesia
2021 Jackson’s Painting Prize Competition, Longlist
2022 Grop show “Slovak Watercolor”. Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
