Welcome everyone,

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Unfortunately I haven't made any resolutions yet. But in a nutshell I am satisfied with 2020. I proved to myself that I can read because I am a bit dislexic. I wrote a thesis and defended it successfully. I found a job. I sold some paintings and I still run my blog and present my works. It is an achievement, isn' t it. The main achievement is that I am alive and kicking despite covid 19. I wish you all many achievements next year, health, and heaps of money. I hope it will be an abundant year.

Below I show you one of my thesis paintings, 50x70 cm, on a wooden board, in acrilics and oil paints. It is a view of Amsterdam. I hope you like it as much as I do.

 

  

 Welcome everyone,

Hi, I am thrilled to tell you how happy I am that I am alive despite of all pandemic stuff. I am still here to enjoy my life. And still I have something to show you. I haven't finished showing my thesis paintings. There is no snow this year. Children don't have much fun. It is a pleasure to create and share what we have deep down in our hearts. I wish you all everithing that brings hope and fortune to our lives. I expect this year to be special and abundant in money and positivity that we all lack this year.

The painting I want to show you is from the Netherlands. It is 50x70 cm, done in acrilics, on a wooden board. I shows a canal in Amsterdam.

Happy Christmas.

 

 

 

 Hi there,

I'm writing today to show you another painting from my thesis. My life has changed. I have found a job. It's not well-paid but I have some cash to spend. I wonder if anything changes financially next year. Partly my fate depends on you , my dear reader. If you need a gift for Christmas, there is a lot of possibilities to chose from on my blog. Anyway, it was a successful year. That's amazing that I'm still alive afer this Covid-related panic. It's good to be here.

 

 

 Hello there!

Long time no see. I thought of making a post but I  didn't know how to express myself. We are living in the time of Covid and noone knows what will happen next. Christmas is near and thanks God we are alive and kicking - that's excellent. Let it be forever. Happy Christmas.

Below is one of my thesis works sold during my exam to  one of the professors. It reminds him of his passing years. For him it was lovely. It is done in acrilics, 50x70 cm, on a wooden board.

Happy Sunday. 

 

 

 The call for dignity

Recent events in Poland urged everyone to express their opinions about the situation in Poland. I'd like to skip it. It's not that I am afraid of sharing my views. I'd rather keep it to myself. I don't want my blog to be on politics and the current situation in Poland. It is about art and if an art collector or a gallery owner asks me about any links connected with my artistic activity, I would recommend my blog. I have been running it for so many years. Here you can see my humble beginnings as well as" the mature fruit of my doings", which is my studies and my graduation degree. It cost me a lot and I immensly appreciate it. It is my pride.

Below is one of my thesis paintings, showing one of the canals in Amsterdam. It is in acrilic paint, 50x70 cm, on a wooden board.

Happy Sunday!

Bye.

 

 

 

 

 Art - a faithful friend

Hi, I promised to post something on the blog, but I failed to do so 'cause my life is changing and I like to feel inspired to write anything. The corona-virus scares people and I also belong to this group. Today I want to come back to my meditation on art. I'm fascinated with it. To me art is a faithful friend who accepts you the way you are. Either you are crying or you are full of joy, in every moment of your life you create (even bad emotions). Art is so omnipresent. It doesn't necessarily mean painting, it can also mean working with clay, sculpting or building planes from little pieces. Art is everywhere, in your gesture, smile, step. Creation is the act of living.

Below is one of my thesis paintings made in oil and acrilic paints, 50x70 cm, on a wooden board. It hasn't been sold yet. I adore it. It shows a small canal, actually full of dirt near the place I was staying at in Amsterdam.

Happy Sunday:))

 

 

 Just hello

Today I don't have a special title. Just simply I'm trying to greet you. My life is changing. I discover new possibilities in life (in fear actually). What I mean by this is trying to earn some money to buy paints, because they are running out. I've noticed that I relied very hard on my parents pointlessly. They are older and want to live freely, not being economically chained to their daughter. I still have some paintings to show. They are from my thesis. I adore them. They are my greatest achievements.

Happy Sunday

Bye

 

 

 Picasso - was he a genious?

For some time I have been walking to and fro thinking what post should I write next. It was not an easy idea, 'cause how long am I going to ramble on art and being an artist. I don't want to bore you to death with my musings. This time I want to tell you about a book written by Marina Picasso titeled "My grandpa Picasso". The book I read not long ago as a kind of break from what I did  this year. The reading stuff is full of pain and disappointment. It was not what I expected. At the university it was hammered into my mind that Picasso was a genious with broadened horizons, a hard-working artist. In the book by his granddaughter he is depicted as a weirdo, avoing everyone, a monster depriving his partners of life powers. The anguish of Picasso's granddaughter is so great and deep that inside you feel how the world was wrong about that gigantic creator. I feel sorry for Marina - the truth is always painful - but she got what she hadn't been waiting for - a great fortune inherited from Marina's grandpa. (part of which she got rid of). She used that heap of money to set up an orphanaged for Vietnamese children - 2 of them Marina adopted herself. In this way she wanted to compensate for her life deprived of love and safety. At the end you want to ask yourself - Was it really worth it? The question is left unanswered.

Below you see one of my paintings done in acrilic paint, 50x70 cm, on a wooden board. It shows Amsterdam, one of its canals. Everything what I am trying to present to you is from my thesis that took place this year in September. Actually this painting I gave somebody as a gift.

Happy Tuesday

Bye

 

 

 Why I have chosen painting

For many years I have been dealing with painting. It is not something I must do for a living. I don't treat it as a source of income. I treat it as a pleasure. It is something sensual when you stand in front of a wooden board and feel the touch of paint on your fingers. Being somebody who creates - This is what I have chosen. Apart from sensuality what attracts me the most is great freedom which gives me painting. I feel that art gave me that pleasure to be who I want to be, not better or worse, be myself. Many events deterred me from painting like going on those artistic meetings where everybody paint a given topic listening to the teacher who corrects them harshly. I wasn't good at it and resented it immensly. Art is freedom to me. It is not wrong to use paint like a coloured pencil and draw with it. I don't see anything wrong with it and many times in my school years I was corrected for that. To me it is ridiculous, but school is for shaping you the way the educational system requires. There is no other way and those who rebel are suppressed.

Below You can admire one of my thesis paintings showing Amsterdam, brownish Amsterdam. 50x70 cm, on a wooden board, oil paints.

Happy Saturday

Bye 

 

 What art is to me

In this post I thought there should be some throughts about art. I have thought over many issues concerning art. What is art? What should be taken into consideration when you are an artist? What rules govern the art market? These questions seem to be elusive. There are no simple answers. Let's take the most general idea what art is. Art is more than the generation of works of art. It has the beginnings in the thinking process. First you think and then you process thoughts into an art piece. Always as a teenager or later as an adult I took refuge in art unconsciously  by drawing then painting which commenced when I was 33. It is amazing that one my decision to start doing art stuff transformed my life completely. At my studies I didn't excel in any way but deep down in my heart I knew that no matter what I will paint and draw. Still I feel this core feeling inside me. I sense that this is what I am. My paintings are like blood cells. They are part of me and if you contemplate the decision of starting an art education I'm telling you: go for it! Don't think long enough to back up. Take your pick. My choice did't change my earnings (maybe from time to time), but it gave me a chance to do something professionally and with courage (sometimes lack of it). I knew what is on my way. Hardships, rejections, poverty, judgements. But no matter what I'm all for that.

Below you can see one of my paintings from my thesis depicting the sights of Amsterdam. It is in oil, 70x50 cm, on a wooden board. It shows how brown Amsterdam is.

Happy Friday

Bye

 

 My journey inwards

For my past two years I travelled. Not all over the world but to Amsterdam. I visited that city 4 times, experienced its atmosphere and people. It is true that travelling broadens the horizons. It is done by getting to know the new way of thinking, which represents a nation. The Dutch are more optimistic and innovative. It doesn't mean that there are no people in suicidal moods but in their country 4 times smaller than Poland they used all possibilities to adjust to difficult weather conditions. Windmills, canals, special blocades for rising water. The Dutch are innovative. Buildings that defy gravity. The Dutch are leaders in the world's architecture. I used all means to depict Amsterdam's buildings, its mood, water canals. I'm proud of my thesis. Done in acrilic and oil paints on a wooden board. 50x70 each painting. My favourite is down below. In acrilic. It shows little houses in the canals of Amsterdam. Bliss

Happy Wednesday 

Bye 

 

 

 Spending my time after my graduation

 Long time no see. For quite a long time I didn't run my blog. It is not a wise thing to do it if you want to be on the market and sort of go with the flow. But to say the truth, I didn,t feel like it. The studies absorped me so immensly that all my time I devoted to drawing and painting and at the very end writing my thesis. It was about religious icons and from the start I didn,t have a clue about icons at all. They interested and attracted me but my knowledge was shallow and still there is much to learn. But for sure it deepened my wisdom by reading for hours in the university library. My artistic studies were my greatest adventure ever and I don't regret it. My hobby became my profession if you can call it so in the modern world. Because people scorn my vocation and right now other professions are main interests like business management, mathmatics, economy. But I am certified at least. I dreamt about it and after such a long time it became reality. I wish you all such happiness when you know that you devoted everything to fight for your dreams. From now on I will run my blog and actualize it very frequently. I hope you will like it and pop in from time to time. I defended my thesis in the presence of my 14 paintings which depicted water corners of Amsterdam. I sold two of them. I didn't gain much but it caused so much joy in those people who bought one of my paintings. Below I insert the painting sold which was part of my thesis.

I wish you all a happy and abundant day.

Bye