Quirin Jedlička in person

Dear friends.

Please accept my warm greetings and let me wish you the best of luck in all of your endeavors.

I have known the team of the Adam dětem association for a long time. I would like to contact you via this website, as a handicapped artist who kindly asks for your countenance.

In my studio there are many paintings that are not doing all that well there. As an author, I prefer (it is more fun, and it is much easier, too) painting new things, rather than presenting already created artworks. In order to do so one has to be a businessman at heart, one must be able to convince people, to be a diplomat, to be able to communicate and offer. I am lacking all of the above. I like creating new things, when I can experiment with colors and shapes.

I have a few healthy colleagues who have fifteen or twenty paintings in their studios and they can talk about them for long minutes. They can talk about the excess of inspiration, or how tough it is. I remain silent. I do not want to over-estimate quantity over quality, but still ... I would hate to be "understood" only "in memoriam".

My paintings are not framed and they lack adjustment. They are simply "raw", what I consider finished. They do not have the metaphorical cherry on the top, which is the final adjustment. When it comes to this, I must confess to being a total ignorant.

On the other hand, framing is extremely pricey. I am not a commercially-oriented person, and neither is my work. Every anthology and every exhibition costs me a lot of money, not to mention physical and mental strength. I have to pay transportation costs, the grand opening, exhibition room rent, etc.

Therefore, I would kindly ask for a financial support, so that at least some of my paintings can be adjusted to the condition they deserve. Hence, they would be more attractive for any exhibition in the future.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Brno, September 29, 2008
Quirin Jedlička