Viktor Bandík

He creates his nudes primarily based on the idea that the human body is an exact, mental reflection of a person. This allows him to faithfully portray the people he portrays. At the same time, in paintings such as "The Power of Consciousness", "The Crucifixion of the Ego" and their like, he tries to underline the deep truth about the irreplaceable role of the heart in our lives. In his paintings he often combines the perfection of the shapes of the human body with the austere perfection and simplicity of the cross. In doing so, the cross symbolically suggests a gateway to a world of being that is hidden to most people. At the same time, he works with landscape painting and commissioned portraits. As a painter of cartoon humour and a contributor to leading Czech humour magazines, he also paints marginally pictures with a humorous touch, "Kašpárk's little grave", "Surprise"... With his paintings he tries to indicate the true nature of life, without prejudices that are supposed to hide the imperfection of the human soul. He participates in international plein air painting workshops and symposiums. His paintings are scattered not only in the Czech Republic (Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Australia, USA...).After 2002, he stopped his exhibition activity and now he is devoted only to internet and personal presentation of his works.In 2019, after four years, he finished a book based on a unique method of teaching portraiture entitled: How to learn portraiture effectively.