BARTÍKOVÁ Hannah
I was born in 1954 in the scenic south of Bohemia, where I spent my childhood. Probably it was the time the trees surrounding me were forever inbedded in my memory. Being fascinated with their form, size and strength I was often drawn into their friendly shadows, although sometimes the spookiness of their branches impassibility was my nightmare.Most of those trees now appear in different forms in my pictures.I spent my lovely juvenescence in Libèice upon the Vltava river. After finishig the basic nine year school there, I continued studies in Prague which further removed me from my art. After secondary economy school, I studied interpretation and translation in the Charles University under the guidance of the Pedagogy Faculty. This specialization has caged me forever in the foreigh trade sphere, which I have been working ever since.
Actually my studies with the Prague Psychological Faculty, which I started to attend for a personal interest some years ago, have opened a path to painting for me. I have completed studies in many different therapies, only recently discovering art therapy, an effective treatment by art. I couldn´t believe that me, who always relied on words as the only means of communication, would be able to express myself in other way.
With the first diffident mandalas, which I painted secretly in seclusion, I discovered something about myself which I had never known. Soon after the mandalas circular form became too confining for me, thus began the avalanche of colours and fascinating forms. Surprised by my new ability, I was often painting through the nights not able to contain my enthusiasm.The feeling was so over-whelming, I could not aclimate myself to the special freedom that is art creation giving.
My paintings are real and candid, they don´t include vanity nor irrationality. I want them to be tranquil animate and cordial. I don´t create them, vice versa, I look around and they find me. I need only to remember them and meld them into my artwork.
Painting became my personal happiness!
