Tereza Černá art

Czech artist - painter, currently based in Barcelona

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Tortured water boy 92 x 73 cm

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Eternal flame, 100 x 81 cm, acryl on canvas

The painting speaks of accepting one’s life mission and of the protection of the soul, here represented by the flame. The soul is nourished by the flora of the earth, by prayer, by faith, by joy, and also by experienced suffering. Only then is it whole.

The flame consumes the four aspects of being: soil–earth, air–sphere, prayer–faith, and suffering–thorns. It is nourished by all goodness, by both hell and paradise, by solid reality and the spiritual realm. It feeds on the four aspects of the human being.

The water dragon here is a symbol of a guardian or guide who will not allow the fire to be extinguished. It shields the flame with its body and wards off any attempt to smother it.

At the same time, the fire nourishes and strengthens the dragon. It is a symbiosis between the fiery and the watery elements.

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Corpus pineale 81 x 65 cm, acryl on canvas

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Eternal flame 100 x 81 cm, acryl on canvas

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Eternal flame 100x81cm, acryl on canvas

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Corpus pineale 81x 65 cm, acrylic on canvas

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“Cosmic egg”, acryl on canvas, 92 x 65, 2025

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“Cosmic egg” acryl on canvas 92 x 65 cm

The cosmic egg appears in various traditions as an ancient image of the beginning, when all life is still hidden within unity. In Egyptian mysticism, the egg laid upon the waters of chaos (Nun) is the cradle of light: from it is born Ra, the sun god, who brings order and the vital force of life. It is the moment when unconscious darkness opens to the light of consciousness. In India, this role is carried by Hiraṇyagarbha – the “golden embryo,” the cosmic heart floating upon the ocean of being, the source of prāṇa and consciousness, shining as the inner light that sustains and permeates all. In China, the universe is originally the egg of chaos, within which Pangu sleeps; when it cracks, yin and yang are separated, and heaven and earth are born – the first duality from which the entire structure of the cosmos arises. In the Chinese tradition, the cosmic egg is the image of Hun-dun – the primordial unity in which yin and yang are not yet distinguished. Mystically, the egg can be understood as a symbol of the inner unity of the human being: as long as consciousness is undifferentiated, it rests in chaos, and only when the “shell breaks” does conscious discernment begin, allowing life to be experienced. Yet this separation also requires the search for balance, for only through separation and the simultaneous balancing of opposites can order arise.

The Gnostic view places emphasis on inner spiritual experience: the cosmic egg is here an image of fullness, of the hidden God and enclosed unity, which, when broken, pours forth as light into creation. Every person carries within themselves this small egg of knowledge – gnosis – waiting for the shell to crack. Alchemy then translates the cosmic myth into inner work: the “philosophical egg” is not an object but a metaphor for the alchemical vessel in which the process of transmutation is sealed. Within its fire is born the philosopher’s stone, the image of the new human, hatched from the chaos of the ego into pure spiritual life. In this way, the egg unites ancient myths with the inner path – as an archetype of birth, of the transition from darkness to light, and of the transformation of being.

The entire image reveals the cosmic egg as the center of the universe: a living organism from whose depths life force flows. It recalls Hun-dun – the egg surrounded by the currents of chaos, which, however, arrange themselves into a harmonious rhythm in which balance and order are born.

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“Cycle of Awareness” 2025

Acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cm

Five red lotuses rise from the dark waters of the unconscious, blooming as gateways to higher knowledge. From their hearts ascend radiant rings of light – circles of illumination that cannot be disturbed, for they belong to the untouchable order of the cosmos. The red petals embody the power of life and transformation, while the dark waters remind us of the hidden layers of the soul from which the light emerges. Rainbow hoops symbolize the completion of the cycle, when a person reaches full consciousness. Between these circles flow beams of energy, streams of information arriving from other dimensions and distant corners of the universe. They do not strike the blossoms themselves but pass through the rings, becoming part of a greater cosmic rhythm that shields the inner essence of being. The painting reveals that true illumination is invulnerable – it is a gateway through which universal energy flows without ever altering its pure nature.

My glossolalia for painting:

Bi Ano del Ter ro. Raz da Al van Na. Si r ta iz Per a. Nar Ta aL Dar o. Vil an te. Mar ca. Ris ta. Na ta ro ip tan no. Sin dar te. Vira z do il pan na. Ras ta vi Vo. Li v an No. Rap si t Tor re. Vir se. Ni d Da. Da r ta.

Symbolic Translation:

Being awakens from the womb of the Earth. The cut of dawn splits the old from the new. The net of truth is stretched across the threshold. The Fire of the Path kindles within the gift. The Watcher keeps vigil. The mark is impressed. The star turns. The breath of a quiet song is born. Ash falls silent. Vision enters the bread of the day. Growth unfolds into the Word. The living river returns. The calling folds within the Tower. The vision is sealed. The thread of Spirit descends. The gift is delivered.

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“Cycle of Awareness”

Akrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cm

Five red lotuses rise from the dark waters of the unconscious, blooming as gateways to higher knowledge. From their hearts ascend radiant rings of light – circles of illumination that cannot be disturbed, for they belong to the untouchable order of the cosmos. The red petals embody the power of life and transformation, while the dark waters remind us of the hidden layers of the soul from which the light emerges. Rainbow hoops symbolize the completion of the cycle, when a person reaches full consciousness

Between these circles flow beams of energy, streams of information arriving from other dimensions and distant corners of the universe. They do not strike the blossoms themselves but pass through the rings, becoming part of a greater cosmic rhythm that shields the inner essence of being. The painting reveals that true illumination is invulnerable – it is a gateway through which universal energy flows without ever altering its pure nature.

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FUTURE (2025) Painting: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions Height 70cm, Width 70cm

The placement of the eagle on the right and the flowers on the left creates a balanced dialogue between strength and fragility, masculine and feminine, alertness and beauty.

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GEMINI (2025)

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions: Height 81cm, Width 100cm

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GEMINI (2025)

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions: Height 81cm, Width 100cm

In the work Gemini, I explores the relationship between two aspects of the female soul – the conscious and the unconscious, the awake and the dreamy. The portrait of two female faces, one with her eyes closed and the other looking straight ahead, creates tension and balance in a composition that is both a psychological portrait and a spiritual landscape.

The dominant rose between them symbolizes the connection: the center from which both figures grow and into which they sink. It is a source of unity, but also a call to inner integration. The color layer, full of violets, carmine, turquoise and golden tones, pulsates like a vital field of emotions, intuition and awakening energy.

The expressive handwriting and stylization of the faces evoke visionary art and contemporary intuitive symbolism. The work offers an open space for reading: it can be a mirror of a mental process, a record of an inner conversation, or a statement about archetypal femininity in its multiplicity.

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GEMINI (2025)

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions: Height 81cm, Width 100cm

In the work Gemini, I explores the relationship between two aspects of the female soul – the conscious and the unconscious, the awake and the dreamy. The portrait of two female faces, one with her eyes closed and the other looking straight ahead, creates tension and balance in a composition that is both a psychological portrait and a spiritual landscape.

The dominant rose between them symbolizes the connection: the center from which both figures grow and into which they sink. It is a source of unity, but also a call to inner integration. The color layer, full of violets, carmine, turquoise and golden tones, pulsates like a vital field of emotions, intuition and awakening energy.

The expressive handwriting and stylization of the faces evoke visionary art and contemporary intuitive symbolism. The work offers an open space for reading: it can be a mirror of a mental process, a record of an inner conversation, or a statement about archetypal femininity in its multiplicity.

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UNIVERSUM (2025)

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas

Dimensions: Height 73cm, Width 92cm

The woman’s face carries a deep, otherworldly presence—her gaze is silent yet penetrating. Her reflection in the water is not a mere mirror—it is a portal—revealing that what is within is entering the material world.

The composition is poised between silence and eruption, between the calm awareness of the woman and the elemental forces breaking through.

• Everything happens in one sacred moment—this is a vision, a threshold image.

This is an image of initiation. The figure looking outward is simultaneously being called and transformed. The earth responds to light—and consciousness is breaking open into a new threshold.

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UNIVERSUM (2025)

Painting: Acrylic om Canvas

Dimensions: Height 73cm, Width 92cm

The woman’s face carries a deep, otherworldly presence—her gaze is silent yet penetrating.

Her reflection in the water is not a mere mirror—it is a portal—revealing that what is within is entering the material world.

The composition is poised between silence and eruption, between the calm awareness of the woman and the elemental forces breaking through.

• Everything happens in one sacred moment—this is a vision, a threshold image.

This is an image of initiation. The figure looking outward is simultaneously being called and transformed. The earth responds to light—and consciousness is breaking open into a new threshold.