Marcela Macková

My name is Marcela, but most people call me Máca. I studied art education and Czech language, I went to "zuška" for ten years and later taught children in primary school. Art has always been with me, but sometimes quietly. It was only when my son was born that my world lit up again with colours I had only suspected before. Suddenly, I wasn't reaching for a paintbrush because I felt like creating, but because I had to. Because my inner world suddenly began to consist of colors, the smells of children's crayons, stories about forest animals, and an imagination that transcends the logic of the adult world.

Son showed me the way back to joy, to playfulness, to myself. I create naive expressive paintings, sometimes absurdly colorful, sometimes soft and dreamy. Often animals, robots or other creatures take the lead, through which I depict emotions, stories and human qualities. My paintings have a simple style but a deep subtext. There is often a nostalgia lurking in them that takes you back to your childhood self, the one who believed that anything was possible. And it still is.

I find inspiration in ordinary moments in a dream, in a conversation, in the way children look at the world. When I paint, I am in flow. Time stops, the music plays, the colors flow, and I am simply at home. Painting is my therapy, my joy, my addiction and my compass. On days when I'm not creating, it's like I don't have wings. Now I'm heading towards my next dreams: exhibiting my paintings, where I want to combine art and playfulness, and video tutorials on how to create with kids. I want to offer parents and children what painting has given me: time together, imagination and the magic of creating. My paintings are not just decoration. They are a gateway to another world. A world where feelings are honest, colours have no boundaries and dreams are allowed. And I believe that's where we will meet.