Tereza Barnard is a painter known for psychologically layered still life and figurative work. Czech-born and based in Mallorca, she works in oil on plexiglass, a surface chosen for the precision it demands.
Her current series, You Shouldn't Have, combines realist technique with constructed objects, subtle visual distortions, and dry wit. Each painting is a staged scenario. Objects for it are made, not found.
Her work has entered private collections in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. She lives and works in Mallorca.
Artist Statement
I stage betrayal. On purpose. In plain sight.
The objects are made, not found. The pastoral scene on the cup, the dessert, the gesture: all constructed, then painted with the care usually reserved for things that deserve it.
Nobody asked for this level of commitment to a Barbie in whipped cream. And yet.
The violence here wears good manners. It arrives in the right crockery, at the right temperature, with the correct expression. You won't notice it immediately.
That's intentional.
I paint the moment before you do.
Painting is the language. The noticing came first.