In her work, Kateřina Ondrušková employs a rich spectrum of colors, symbols, and signs as visual mimicry, which charm at first glance while subtly concealing deeper personal and existential layers. Her paintings are not merely a reflection of reality, but rather its poetic transformation—elevating ordinary moments into the realm of dreams, rituals, and symbols.
The center of the artist's visual narrative consists of motifs of parenthood, motherhood, and interpersonal relationships. Through a distinct visual style, she views the world through the eyes of both mother and child, capturing moments of shared imagination and emotional connection that possess a timeless, cyclical character. The paintings feature natural motifs, animals, and paired symbols that express the harmony and tension of everyday relationships. Everything is permeated with the subtlety and sensitivity, as well as the inner strength, of the feminine principle.
The exhibition title, *Purple Smells the Most*, evokes forgotten sensory memories of childhood as a space of safety and hope. Ondrušková opens windows to the paradises of the past, which can be relived through color, scent, form, and light. Her paintings create an asylum, a space to which one can return in times of doubt, fatigue, or melancholy.
