This week I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Ales Jiranek’s atelier.
We’ve been collaborating to do work for the city of Geneva and its surroundings.
Ales was born in Prague and his work has been recognized by the UNESCO.
He’s a brilliant artist who once was an unhappy architect. He quit his job to be a painter.
He has depicted many European towns the way no other artist has ever done. His style is very particular.
His most impressive paintings are very long panoramas. He’s built a portable “Torah like” mechanism he uses
to create his unique pieces. He scrolls the canvas to paint 360° panoramas on location.
He then finishes them up at his atelier. The accuracy and the detail of this paintings are impressive.
His personal interpretation of each façade is quite fascinating too. Some of his slightly distorted
views remind me a bit of Dr. Seuss’ illustrations.
I was truly fascinated by his ingenuity, his talent and modesty. I left his atelier filled with inspiration!
