Jana Vankova

The human body fascinates me. Depicting it means for me depicting the human condition. It is an attempt to immortalise what is not under one's control - a feeling, a thought, flesh, or life itself.

I get my inspiration from life sittings, preferably of a short duration. There is something very stimulating about these encounters - energy, concentration, tension.

I aim to reflect in my paintings the presence of the mass, the fleshiness of the body, often by using visible strokes or colour patches.