Jiri Kramara was born in Prague. He studied and grew up in the atelier of his uncle Jiri Kubicek. Jiri Kubicek was an academic painter and graphic artist Kubicek had no family of his own and so could devote most of his free time to him. Jiri‘s passion for art began when he was eight, while his uncle was working for a music publishing company. This gave young Jiri access to listen and learn about quality classical music. Therefore music and poetry appeared in most of his paintings from then on.
He was living in suburb of Prague, near a little creek named the Rokytka. At that time the Rokyta was full of fish and other life. This gave him a feeling for nature and the countryside while Prague was a historical and architectural city and one of the great European cultural centers.
Before he was fifteen years old Jiri was familiar with the techniques, the skills and even the secrets of painting in oils, and tempera. He also learnt woodworking, welding and mechanical practical skills. Those skills have been useful to him throughout his life in building and designing his houses and interiors. This was his main occupation during nineties as well as his painting.
During the seventies he had been inspired by surrealism. Since 1978 he lived in Canada, mostly in the western provinces. Through the eighties he was motivated by American abstract expressionist painters like Stewart Davis, Jackson Pollock, De Coning etc…. North American music influences the background of his painting from classical, baroque, traditional jazz, blues, country, and rock to express more poetic subjects, sounds, time and places. During this time he had a few solo and group exhibitions. Now he is using modern jazz in combination with neoclassical music and contemporary issues. This gives him more freedom and perspective. In his work. you can feel time movement, which leads to paradox and similarity. Time, sound and water waves are filtered through colors and nature related compositions.
Overall, music plays a major part in Jiri’s compositions, jointly with nature and a human element which makes the abstract art lively, visible and more understandable.
The organ, piano, brass and strings in his compositions are changed by different composers and their music but with different times and similar themes. A description of the musical pieces and players are usually written on the back of the canvases. Originality is very important to him.
Many of Jiri’s paintings sometimes spread onto two or more canvases, because the music he uses for inspiration, will not fit on one canvas. "Time and people change, but instruments and colors stay". Only painting should never become a job as history tells us,
Twenty hours a day and not going bananas as Jiri said.
Have a nice time with his creations and listen or play recommended music.
For all of you, who want to learn and see more of Jiri’s and his uncle's work, you will certainly be very welcome in Jiri k-art-studios.
I recommend you to make a reservation for a longer stay well in advanced in his B&B accommodation.
Written by John W.
He was living in suburb of Prague, near a little creek named the Rokytka. At that time the Rokyta was full of fish and other life. This gave him a feeling for nature and the countryside while Prague was a historical and architectural city and one of the great European cultural centers.
Before he was fifteen years old Jiri was familiar with the techniques, the skills and even the secrets of painting in oils, and tempera. He also learnt woodworking, welding and mechanical practical skills. Those skills have been useful to him throughout his life in building and designing his houses and interiors. This was his main occupation during nineties as well as his painting.
During the seventies he had been inspired by surrealism. Since 1978 he lived in Canada, mostly in the western provinces. Through the eighties he was motivated by American abstract expressionist painters like Stewart Davis, Jackson Pollock, De Coning etc…. North American music influences the background of his painting from classical, baroque, traditional jazz, blues, country, and rock to express more poetic subjects, sounds, time and places. During this time he had a few solo and group exhibitions. Now he is using modern jazz in combination with neoclassical music and contemporary issues. This gives him more freedom and perspective. In his work. you can feel time movement, which leads to paradox and similarity. Time, sound and water waves are filtered through colors and nature related compositions.
Overall, music plays a major part in Jiri’s compositions, jointly with nature and a human element which makes the abstract art lively, visible and more understandable.
The organ, piano, brass and strings in his compositions are changed by different composers and their music but with different times and similar themes. A description of the musical pieces and players are usually written on the back of the canvases. Originality is very important to him.
Many of Jiri’s paintings sometimes spread onto two or more canvases, because the music he uses for inspiration, will not fit on one canvas. "Time and people change, but instruments and colors stay". Only painting should never become a job as history tells us,
Twenty hours a day and not going bananas as Jiri said.
Have a nice time with his creations and listen or play recommended music.
For all of you, who want to learn and see more of Jiri’s and his uncle's work, you will certainly be very welcome in Jiri k-art-studios.
I recommend you to make a reservation for a longer stay well in advanced in his B&B accommodation.
Written by John W.