My name is Karolína Andreasová and I was born in the heart of Europe – Czechoslovakia, now known as Czechia and Slovakia. I grew up in a culturally rich Slovakian city of Košice, as an inspired daughter of a fantastic teacher and photographer Teodor Andreas. I am most grateful to say that I experienced some truly inspiring cultural events throughout my life, both in my homeland and at our new home here in beautiful North Devon, UK.
I truly enjoy working both as an artist and photographer – I’ll reserve talking about my experiences as a news reporter in my blog. Naturally, after many years of developing and editing I dived into restoration of damaged photographs. I also produce short video clipsand if time allows me to, I paint portraits in oils and pastels (plus some other mediums). I am mostly self-taught. I support the local community and my fellow creative colleagues, mostly independently but I also tried a path of a Trustee at the Arts Destination Charity. I must say this: the artistic community in North Devon is simply extraordinary, and I am excited for the days ahead!
Back home and hugely thanks to my father, I grew up with the privilege of being creative. No computers or smartphones! I attended an Art school, a ceramics club, I played acoustic music with family and in some bands… I would register at State Research Library so I could gain access to niche books about a film production and a script writing. I always found these topics fascinating! This strong interest continued and lead to my studies of Masmedia and Communication at the Faculty of Arts. From the age of five, I loved developing photographs in our dinky little dark room – Dad allowed me to experiment with a cheap photo paper and eventually, his Zenit camera, too. Oh, we had fun! I have kept a collection of negatives and these are ready to be scanned whilst I’ll be pondering about all the complexities of life.
Creativity is oxygen for our souls. We simply cannot live without it. As AI strips our brains of certain necessary creative struggles that make us intellectually grow, there are reasons to be worried, and talk about this.
Artist’s happy life
My post-school professional experiences were almost always related to these two inextricably intertwined industries. It is very clear that our art feeds into photography and that the photography constantly influences art, probably most obviously in the highly trending photo-realism which I too absolutely fell in love with.
It’s all a beautiful thing.
I adore people, their unique complex stories, and I love to help others any way I possibly can. Nature, science and our connections to it all fascinate me. Actions that implement art (any creativity) into our education, raising an awareness about ongoing burning issues are always my preferred kinds of actions.
The technical skills gained over the years enable me to offer you some super handy extra options, such as a high quality photoshoot of an animal you commission me to portray.
Or, I use an iPad to help you bring your vision alive in situ, like I did at the local skate park. I will discuss anything that lies within the possibilities of my visual arts and personal style.
Reflection in a mirror
Capturing
Good old times!
Macro is fun!
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. (Albert Einstein)
Everything you see on this website is custom-made by me, the artist. From sketches to articles, no other human – or AI – creates the content here. In the sea of artificial perfection out there, I am proud of the cyber-space a real and imperfect human being created here.
My intention always is to produce visuals that are organic, authentic, genuine. Do I dare say – one of a kind.
For example, I recently felt inspired (love it when that happens!) to create this background: blueprints of my beloved Canon camera, doodles of some things connected to the work I have done.
