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INTERVIEWS › Helena Kadlcikova
Helena Kadlcikova is a very talented artist. She creates beautiful paintings, photography, decorations and she also writes poetry. Read along and get to know her better.

Lei: Your work is absolutely beautiful. What tools do you use to create your art?

Helena: For many years I was working with acrylic paints but recently I have skipped to oils. Oils are much more suitable for portrait work in my opinion for its layers, textures and transparency. And I absolutely adore oils, I love it.

Lei: You have had the pleasure of meeting Michael Jackson and presenting him with a painting. What was that experience like?

Helena: I was lucky enough to meet with Michael a couple of times and present him my work. The experience itself is always very nice. Because Michael is the kind of guy who boosts your ego, who tells you that you can make a painting as a great painter and with that he pushes you to create even better because he simply tells you that you CAN do it.
He encourages you to create better. And this is Michael Jackson we're talking about...the man that can have any painting in the world....so the pressure on you is enormous....and it pays off in the end.

Lei: Outside of Michael Jackson art, what or who else do you like to paint/draw?

Helena: I love to do portrait work, to paint eyes, muscles, shades. Landscapes don't give me so much pleasure as portrait work. But if we talk about the actual subject then right now its angels, cherubs, paintings that have beauty and spell, magic. There's so much horrible things going on in the world so I want people to feel peace and beauty when they look at my artwork. I also want people to enjoy them, to get lost in them and forget the reality.

Lei: You're also a poet. Thinking of publishing a book of your work?

Helena: Oh no, I don't really consider myself a poet. It's more like an addition to my painting. When I don't filter all my emotions through a painting then I start to write. I need to ventilate my feelings at times and poetry is a good medium for that.

Lei: Are you working on anything special right now?

Helena: I've been literally painting all year, even on Christmas Day so right now, I'll take about a week or two off of painting and then I will start to work on a reproduction of Emile Munier's Le Sauvetage (The Rescue). It’s a true masterpiece, but in my opinion not very well known. Munier was a student of William Bouguereau and I think it should speak for itself.
But I guess you would rather hear about my future work of Michael. I plan to paint something huge, detailed, and complex of Michael, I have the idea, a rough concept in my head already but it will take some time to finalize the whole concept and then paint it. I don't think I will finish it before summer time but who knows, it's too early to tell.

Lei: What can we do and see at helenakadlcikova.com?

Helena: Well, basically it's a portfolio of my work with oil and acrylic paintings, drawings, graphics, poetry, decorations and photography.
There is a huge section of Michael's artwork on my website and I hope you'll enjoy it. In the future I think the oil paintings and photography sections will grow the most on my website.

Thank you for this interview,
Helena Kadlcikova

Thank you Helena and we wish you all the success in the world! Keep blessing Michael and the fans with your talent.

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INTERVIEWS › Helena Kadlcikova
Helena Kadlcikova is a self-tought artist based in the Czech Republic. She is known by many fans for her amazing Michael Jackson art-work and has even gone on to meet Michael Jackson himself.

How long have you been an artist, and how did you get into it?

First of all, when I was a teenager I've done many sports; athletics and triathlon so I didn't have time for any artistic activity. Just a drawing here and there. Later, in my early twenties I started to spend more and more time drawing and from around 1997 I started to paint and write poetry. It was just a natural process for me. I simply needed to express myself creatively and I wanted to make people happy with my art.

What brought you to incorporating Michael Jackson into your work?

I guess if it wasn't for Michael, I would never have gone so far with painting. In the beginning I was just a fan and wanted to give him something back because I felt he was giving a lot of himself to other people. I started to do simple drawings for him and later I skipped to painting because drawing became too limiting for me. Nowadays I keep on painting him among other projects because I like the message, the dream that comes out of his music, poetry and art and I like to contribute to it. And still...make him happy.

Which do you feel are Michael's best features, and why?

If we talk about Michael - the artist....it would definitely be that he is a perfectionist. To come as close to the perfection as possible is a must if you want to succeed. I also think that process of learning and growing spiritually is very important as it definitely shows in the work of an artist. "Invincible" album is a great example of that. I believe it has certain diversity that no previous album of his has and also feels more grown. I think it needs time to come up with an album like that. And there's one more feature that I love about Michael... the unstoppable drive to create... and think creatively.

Do you find that Michael and his work have influenced your art work as a whole?

Definitely. I think if you read my previous answers it's pretty obvious. Michael's art brings people joy... his songs and poetry can take you places... and my dream and hope is to bring the same message to people with my own work. To make people happy... that's what it's all about.

What advice can you give to those beginning in art?

Go for it... no matter what other people tell you... if you want to do it... do it! You don't have to go to school to be an artist... it's all about your own style and finding an activity you like. Study work of the greatest artists and learn from them. That's all I can say. I guess I'm too young to give any advice on that... wait till I'm fifty!

What are you working on now, and what are your plans for the future?

Actually, at the moment I'm working on a painting of/ for Michael. It's my biggest and most complex and detailed work till now and I love to work on that. It should be finished in about a month time and you'll be able to see it on my website. Regarding my other plans for future... I would definitely love to work on some artistic project with Michael or with anyone else whose dreams are noble and aims are to bring joy.

Interview conducted with the help of Ross.
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