Petr Pastrňák (1962) is one of the most spiritual figures in contemporary Czech art, striving to dissolve the ego and painting what is within rather than what is before his eyes. He works on the principle of controlled chance and its painterly guidance. His paintings move freely between abstraction and realism, with the landscape captured in an unconventional way through his original washing technique serving as a key element. He ranks among the world’s top intuitive painters