Cynthia Mosser

Visiting South Moravia & Czech Folk Art Styles In the summer of 2005, my Czech friend and her husband (Ivana and Petr C.) took me to see a South Moravian village called Strážnice in the Czech Republic. (Little did I know what was in store.) As an artist who loves European folk art ornamentation and anything whimsical, seeing art painted on architecture seemed like a revelation. I had seen folk art on Swiss mountain villas before, but nothing like this dense, colorful, floral and almost unbridled design. It's safe to say I was in love. It wasn't until 17 years later, in the summer of 2022, that I could return to get a deeper sense of the varying Southern Moravian folk art styles that vary by village, and there are many villages to explore. Painting by Marie Holubíčková (from Strážnice, CZ) South Moravia (also known as Slovácko) (Image by the  Moravsk á Kr á sa  Foundation) The southeast corner of the Czech Republic (or Czechia) is called Moravian Slovácko. It's a ...

In 2005, my Czech friends took me to this beautiful town in Southern Moravia called Straznice. I had never seen anything like it: They paint flowers on buildings, and have a yearly folk festival! The colors they most often use on buildings are red, green, blue and yellow. When I returned to the USA, I decided to make a painting called "Folk Twister", which represented the feeling of being in this town. Love, Cynthia ❤️ See this painting on my website at: https://www.cynthiamosser.com/store/art_print_products/folktwister-mosser?product_gallery=18790&product_id=1277394