Zahradka Art and Illustration

This is a family portrait of Senseis Joel and Anita with their daughter Megan. The painting was created using oils on canvas. I created it using photos provided by the client.

Portrait of a trader and huckster from a local show.

This original artwork (20" high x 14" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

A surreal family portrait. Based on images taken in a photo booth at a carnival.

Portrait of Master Nishiyama.

Portrait of Karate Sensei Robert Fusaro, whose dojo is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Commissioned portrait of couple at son's wedding.

2nd portrait of Karate master Nishiyama.

Commissioned portrait done in old west attire. Wanted to create a vintage feel of the old west.

Portrait painted in oils of "Godiva." Godiva is an award winning Dressage horse owned by Janna Kysilko. Created using a photo session at the stable and adding in the background.

Color pencil portrait of dog. White Lab named Libby.

Portraits done in pencil. A blended family with 5 children into hockey. Taken from a small snapshot and worked into a long linear work of art.

Portrait of Nicola Tesla. Famous inventor and mechanical engineer. 1856 - 1943

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Tesla” are available!

Commissioned portrait of a beloved pet. One of a set of three. Photo and sitting done by artist.

Commissioned portrait of a beloved pet. One of a set of three. Photo and sitting done by artist.

Commissioned portrait of a beloved pet. One of a set of three. Photo and sitting done by artist.

Commissioned portrait of Paul F. Dye. Current Lead Flight Director of NASA. Shown with his homebuilt airplane "Valkyrie".

This artworkwas created for a charity auction connected with the 2008 Uptown Art Fair. The theme was "Attitude in the City". It was a collaborative piece created with the help of Vineeta Sawkar from local channel 5 news.

Commissioned portrait created by using an existing black and white photo of the subject taken 20 years earlier.

A Revolutionary War soldier takes aim with his Brown Bess Musket.

This original artwork (16" high x 46" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Bess” are available!

Portrait of Charles Darwin.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Darwin” are available!

Spring flowers adorn the head and shoulders of a young girl. Portraying the essence of the season itself.

This original artwork (24" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Spring” are available!

A Daughter had this commissioned for her father. Using existing photos, we combined two images. The recent photo in the foreground, and an older image of the father as a young man faded in the background.

Portrait of a young woman in a winter landscape dressed in cloak and furs.

This original artwork (28" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Keeping Warm” are available!

This is a 21' Mural painted for Monarch Bus Service in St. Paul MN. The company image is the monarch butterfly. We incorporated a design that would show off the butterfly as well as a school bus and the city of St. paul in the distance that is served by the company. no actual people were shown so as not to reflect any race or gender into the picture.

Portrait of Gichin Funakoshi, Funakoshi is the founder of modern Shotokan Karate. He developed the style and teaching methods still in use today.

Portrait of brother and younger sister. We worked from photos supplied by the parent. Worked to create a feeling of love and caring between the two children

A tired Union soldier stands at parade rest looking thoughtful. This American civil war era imaginative portrait original is in oil on canvas.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Parade Rest” are available!

A portrait of two smiling young girls wearing coveralls and striped shirts. In graphite pencil.

Cheerful portrait of a bubbly young boy. In graphite pencil.

Semi-nude woman wrapped in a cream colored cloth and peering over her shoulder in front of a red drapery. Original painting in oils on canvas.

A young girl in Victorian-era costume looks up from her book with a smile.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Sophia Reading” are available!

Asian man with embroidered hat and vest.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Man of the East” are available!

Portrait of a Renaissance-era soldier in pot helmet and chain mail.

This painting is a representational portrait. In place of the people we have used their respective musical instruments. Between the instruments is an embroidered red rose and their favorite music is on the sheet.

A medieval longbow archer has his bow pulled, his arrow ready to release.

This original artwork (16" high x 34" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “The Archer” are available!

Portrait of a girl (Tess) on her Unicycle.

A young sailor on his first sea adventure

Prints of “Pirate Dreams” are available!

Commissioned work of an Iraqi soldier in the desert

Portrait of a very skeptical looking gentleman. Gives the feeling of a down to earth no nonsense individual.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Grain of Salt” are available!

A man's face - old yet eternally young - emerges from the colored leaves of the forest.

Prints of “Autumn” are available!

A young girl reaches up to pick an apple.

This original artwork (28" high x 22" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Apples” are available!

A mischievous fairy holds out 3 acorns.

This original artwork (14" high x 11" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Acorns” are available!

Portrait of Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey), the famous sharpshooter and touring member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 until 1901.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Annie Oakley” are available!

Portrait of pioneering science fiction author Jules Verne, the writer behind classic novels Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. Popularly known as the "Father of Science Fiction."

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Jules Verne” are available!

Portrait of famous Victorian author Charles Dickens. Author of "Our Mutual Friend", "David Copperfield" and the creator of characters such as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge, among many others.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Charles Dickens” are available!

Portrait of famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. The Hungarian-born magician is widely considered the greatest escapologist ever, but also gained great fame from his efforts in debunking spirit mediums!

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Houdini” are available!

Goddess sitting on the crescent of the moon.

This original artwork (24" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Luna” are available!

A baby fairy has the top of an acorn for a new hat.

This original artwork (14" high x 11" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “New Hat” are available!

Portrait of author Mark Twain, the curmudgeonly American author also known by his birth name, Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Best known for his novels "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and it's companion "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", but also well known for biting wit and incisive satire.

This original artwork (20" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Mark Twain” are available!

Portrait of highland bagpiper from turn of the century.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “The Piper” are available!

Portrait of Mohandas Gandhi, also known as Mahatma - "great soul." Mahatma Gandhi was the author of the non-violent philosophy Satyagraha, a philosophy of passive, peaceful resistance to evil.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Gandhi” are available!

A sorrowful young girl wrapped in a russian shawl.

This original artwork (17" high x 14" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “The Shawl” are available!

Portrait of young mother and her baby.

Commissioned portrait of a pet tortoise named Angus.

Renaissance man on balcony overlooking garden. Created using 20 year old photo. Background was added in separately.

Renaissance man crouches by stream confronted by a little man. Created using photo supplied by client, taken in his back yard.

Young mother holds her baby, wrapped together in a plaid.

This original artwork (20" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Safe Keeping” are available!

Portrait of older couple. Created using a pre-existing photo.

Portrait of newlyweds at Renaissance Faire.

A small fairy hides beneath a flower and holds out her hand to see if the rain has stopped

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “April Showers” are available!

A proud father fairy holds his laughing baby over his head

This original artwork (12" high x 9" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “At Play” are available!

A beautiful pregnant fairy.

This original artwork (12" high x 9" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Beginnings” are available!

A fairy in the woods leans on a tree inviting us to play.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Captivating” are available!

A young gypsy girl with a violin in a dirty back alley contemplates her fate.

Prints of “Diminuendo” are available!

A beautiful young fairy with piercing eyes.

This original artwork (18" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Enchanting” are available!

A nude fairy sits with knees pulled up, watching and waiting.

This original artwork (12" high x 9" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Fairy in Waiting” are available!

A baby fairy tries out his wings.

This original artwork (12" high x 9" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “First Flight” are available!

A young fairy sits on top of an Irritated frog.

This original artwork (16" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Minor Irritation” are available!

Two young fairies out for a ride on a caterpillar

Prints of “Out for a Ride” are available!

An old Wizard wags his finger at a disobidient little dragon.

Prints of “Reprimand” are available!

A small lizard like dragon. Preliminary design for reprimand.

This original artwork (9" high x 12" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Scale Model” are available!

A mothe fairy holds her little baby fairy in her lap.

This original artwork (12" high x 9" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Snug” are available!

A pair of Rennaisance clowns dressed as chickens.

Prints of “Wacky Chickens” are available!

A portrait of Don Quixote

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Wounded Lion” are available!

Semi nude with shawl at piano. Created using a photo of wife supplied by the customer.

Baby smiling under a blanket. Created using photo supplied by the client.

Portrait of wedding couple from 1959.

Portrait of renaissance man with pie hat.

Renaissance maiden stands on a path through the garden. Created using an older photo of client and then adding in a new background.

Prints of “Garden Path” are available!

Portrait of young girl

Portrait of 3 sisters. We were able to have a sitting with these sisters and work with a combination of photos to create the work of art.

Portrait of the King of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.

This original artwork (" high x " wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Portrait of young child

Portrait of older man

Portrait of Mayor from Minnesota Renaissance Festival.

This original artwork (18" high x 24" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

A Shy but mischievous Fairy sits on a branch, her foot just touching the water below. She is looking down at a small Coi who in turn is looking up at her.

Prints of “A Little Coy” are available!

Albert sits with his hands clasped in front of him, looking both thoughtful and knowing

This original artwork (16" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Albert Einstein” are available!

Portrait of Amelia Earhart

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Amelia” are available!

Classic pirate with pistol, sash and sneer.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Buccaneer” are available!

A small kitten is trying to sleep on a wreath of ivy.

Prints of “Catnap” are available!

A baby fairy lies on an oak leaf.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Charming” are available!

A wizard with long white hair and beard holds in his hand a glowing orb.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Enlightened” are available!

A baby fairy lies on a maple leaf and plays with it's toes.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Fascinating” are available!

Portrait of Hubert Humphrey. Senator from Minnesota and Vice President.

Prints of “Hubert Humphrey” are available!

Little Red Riding Hood walking through the forest, glancing back just as she hears a noise behind her.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Little Red Riding Hood” are available!

A young fairy sits on top of a poisonous mushroon.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Mischief.jpg” are available!

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Prints of “Mr. Lincoln” are available!

A baby fairy is in a birds nest.

Prints of “Nestling” are available!

A young maiden plays music in a field while her sister sleeps in her lap.

This original artwork (20" high x 30" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Pastoral Harmony” are available!

Portrait of Paul Wellstone. Former Senator of Minnesota.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Paul Wellstone” are available!

Close up of a wolfs face with soulful eyes.

This original artwork (16" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Shades of Gray” are available!

A red footed tree frog on a leaf with a very satisfied expression.

This original artwork (16" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Smug Frog” are available!

A swallowtail butterfly on a purple coneflower.

This original artwork (18" high x 22" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Summer Swallowtail” are available!

Portrait of a professor from St. Thomas University in Saint Paul, MN.

Portrait of young girl as a Princess

This original artwork (20" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Princess Gemma” are available!

A warrior in fur and chainmail with a large dragon axe on his shoulder

This original artwork (18" high x 24" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Dragonlord” are available!

An old tomcat sits in a box marked "Grade A Fancy".

This original artwork (16" high x 20" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Fancy Cat” are available!

A tiger looks out from the jungle.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Fearful Symmetry” are available!

A Peacock with its tail spread wide.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Feast Your Eyes” are available!

The feastmasters from the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, complete with large tankards and kilts.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Feastmasters” are available!

A beautiful young maiden holds a basket of grapes.

This original artwork (20"" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Fruitful” are available!

A determined young woman is on guard with an oak-leaf styled rapier.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Heart of Oak” are available!

A sorrowful young fairy with long hair and drooping wings. Drawing in graphite pencil.

This original artwork (20" high x 16" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Melancholy” are available!

A young fairy crouches warily, a rose hilted sword in her hand.

This original artwork (18" high x 24" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Roses Have Thorns” are available!

A beautiful female pirate with skull sword and pearls.

This original artwork (24" high x 18" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Skullduggery” are available!

A small little girl leaning on her broom is alone and sad in a dark empty room.

Prints of “Swept Aside” are available!

A Renaissance story teller with lute in hand.

Prints of “The Storyteller” are available!

Portrait of a man in Renaissance dress.

Wedding couple in renaaissance dress.

Bronze door knocker. A dragon sits atop his pile of treasure, his wings spread wide, daring you to come closer. The tail of the dragon moves up and down to knock.

This original artwork (9" high x 11" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Dragon Hoard Doorknocker” are available!

A solid bronze oak leaf with acorn knocker.

This original artwork (7" high x 4" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Oak Leaf Doorknocker” are available!

Limited Edition bronze sculpture. Sculpture is based on a weathered shell,it twists and turns as nature intended, very tactile. Mounted on a limestone base

This original artwork (10" high x 6" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Oceans Echo” are available!

Limited edition bronze sculpture. A mermaid arching backwards haire streaming out, beckons you closer.

This original artwork (" high x " wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Come Hither” are available!

limited edition bronze sculpture. A small fairy with butterfly wings sits upon a branch. Cherry base is shaped to resembl water or shadow.

This original artwork (11.5" high x 17" wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Suspended Belief” are available!

Limited edition bronze sculpture. Leaves of various shapes and sizes surround a life sized face.

This original artwork (" high x " wide) is available for purchase. Contact us!

Prints of “Of the Green” are available!