Petr Štabla

I’ve been drawn to painting ever since I was little—even as a child, and later in school, I’d doodle in the back of my notebook during long breaks. I definitely inherited my talent from my father, who was also a very good drawer, and his sister was a talented painter as well. But I was still young back then and didn’t pay it much attention. When I was 18, for certain reasons, I decided to make a pilgrimage to Santiago; my journey took me through Italy and southern France. The feeling of immense freedom and a sense of inner fulfillment turned my life upside down. Then, when I returned, it was one of the things devote more time to—painting filled me with these radiant, positive feelings, and overall, painting is something sacred to me. So may my works keep getting better and better. More good, less evil. And may life be magical :)