Jana Vodesil-Baruffi is a member of the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory
Jana Vodesil-Baruffi was born in the Czech Republic in 1957 and from childhood developed a keen interest in art, sport and nature. After finishing five years training as an Interior Designer, she escaped communist Czech Republic in 1981 and arrived in Perth penniless but ready to work and create her own destiny. She was struck by the freedom of life and immediately set about the process of acquiring as much knowledge about art as possible. Receiving tuition in private studios of various artists and at technical college, she gained a variety of skills.
In 1984 Jana held her first solo exhibition followed by many others. Her creativity flowed from there back into interior design, and from 1989 to 2001 she ran ‘Jana’s Interiors’, which specialized in decorative work, murals, trompe l’oeils, stone and marble finishes in some of the most prestigious residential and commercial buildings in Perth, Singapore and Europe, Working with the best designers in Western Australia.
In 2001 Jana stepped off the ladder/scaffold and opened her studio in Perth, Western Australia , to concentrate on her own art practice. She also established very successful art classes, teaching in the mediums of oil, acrylics, pastels, charcoal and pencil. In 2010 she opened Metamorphosis Art Gallery/Studio to work and display her and other artists’ work. For ten years she ran Jana’s Art Tours, taking her students around the globe to paint and experience different cultures.
Jana is a member of the West Australian Portrait group, West Australian Society of Art and for eleven years she was running Contemporary Australian Surrealists Movement.
Her work can be divided into three categories: magical realism, classical portraiture and landscapes. In recent years her time has been devoted more and more to magical realism.
The ideas for Magical realism have been growing subconsciously in my mind for many years. In fact my first art attempts in my teens and early twenties were going in a similar direction. The fear of not being accepted and the fight for survival put them into my subconscious mind. Instead, and perhaps for good reason, I developed my technical skills in drawing and painting which are seen in my representational work: landscapes and classical portraiture.
The elements of Jana Vodesil-Baruffi’s magical realism paintings are based on reality, but the way they blend and interact together comes from her imagination. She loves to use the human body and nature combined. Their shapes and colours, combined with symbolism help her to lead the viewer into a world of fantasy, charged with emotions.
In the contemporary and classical portraiture, she tries to capture people in the moment – as they really are. The fascination with faces, their expressions and that which is invisible – the character of the person is an irresistible challenge for Jana.
Landscapes are inspired by the beautiful places she has visited during her travels. Many of them are painted with palette knives in realistic or impressionistic style.
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