“For children who see a little further, and for adults who remember they were children once.”
She paints forests, lotuses, angels and Slavic nature spirits. She paints slowly, layer by layer, using the technique of the old masters – paintings, walls and colouring books for children of all ages.
What guides her
When I start painting, all my problems become distant. If that calm doesn’t come, I don’t paint. I wouldn’t know how.
That is why her paintings come into being slowly, layer by layer, using the technique of the old masters.
What she loves
The forest and those who live in it – the visible ones and the ones our ancestors believed in. Lotuses, light, angels. And children.
Over time I discovered that what I love most is creating for children who see a little further, a little deeper – and reminding adults that they were children once too.
Who she is
An art conservator by profession, a painter by calling. She graduated in painting conservation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and started out working on other artists’ masterpieces – at Wilanów Palace and in the conservation studio of the National Museum. Then came jewellery, interiors, exhibitions, storyboards, copies and portraits. She started painting her own pictures almost by accident: someone saw a sketch she had made just for herself and persuaded her to keep drawing.
People say I have a lot of patience. I’m not sure that’s quite true. I just keep searching.
What she does
Original paintings
Oil paintings, commissioned portraits and copies of old masters – painted in glazes, with pigment and gilding, the way she learned in conservation. Every commission starts with a conversation, not a deadline.
Art projects and murals
Murals and whole spaces – in homes, surgeries and clinics, in Poland, Norway and the Netherlands. The largest of them, “Sunny Land”, turns the attic of Warsaw Children’s Home No. 16 into a fairy-tale path to the playroom.
Illustration, books and colouring books
Since 2018: books to read and colour – from “The News Carries Through the Forest” to the new “Slavic Soul Stories” series. Printable colouring pages are here in the shop and in her Etsy studio; printed books are on Amazon.
Experience
Education
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw – conservation of paintings and polychrome sculpture, Master of Arts. Thesis: “Symbolism associated with the figure of the Buddha”, with the drawing annex “Without Limits”.
Art conservation
Wilanów Palace · conservation studio of the National Museum in Warsaw · Museum of Warsaw · church in Porzecze Mariańskie.
Selected exhibitions
- 2011–2012 – “To Thy Neighbour”, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, then Wrocław, Koszalin, Katowice, Rzeszów
- 2010 – “Behind the Curtain of Colours”, POSK Gallery, London; Brighton
- 2005 – “Life Does Not Die”, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
- 2003 – “The Light of Warsaw”, Royal Forge, Wilanów
Show all exhibitions
- 1988 – “Arsenał ’88”, National Exhibition of Young Art, Warsaw
- 1989–1991 – first solo exhibitions: Remscheid, Wermelskirchen, Wuppertal (Germany)
- 2001 – “Gemalte Träume”, Hagen; “Neue Träume”, Galerie Karin Siebert, Wuppertal
- 2003 – “The Light of Warsaw”, Royal Forge, Wilanów
- 2005 – “Life Does Not Die”, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
- 2010 – “Behind the Curtain of Colours”, POSK Gallery, London; Brighton
- 2011–2012 – “To Thy Neighbour”, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, then Wrocław, Koszalin, Katowice, Rzeszów
- 2012 – “Between the Neman and the Vistula”, House of Polish Culture, Vilnius
- 2016 – Svidník (Slovakia)
In total, several dozen solo and group exhibitions and eight painting retreats (Kraśnik, Chełmno, Trzydnik, Gościeradów).
Galleries
Brama · Na Pięterku · Freta 22 · Art Novum · Na Uboczu · Kameleon · Bez nazwy (Warsaw) · Agra-Art Auction Gallery.
Projects
- Sunny Land – Children’s Home No. 16, Warsaw, with the Saint Pancras Foundation
- Crystal Grotto – the next stage for the same home
- Fairy-Tale Nest – a picture book, audio drama and film
- “The News Carries Through the Forest” – a crowdfunding campaign to publish the book
Publications
“Wieść niesie po lesie… – Słowiańskie opoWieści” (Biały Wiatr 2018; New Space 2019; English edition on Amazon) · “Lady Spring” (2021, group work) · “Tales From the Stars – Meeting with Guardian Angels for the Zodiac Signs” (2021) · “Spiral of Life – Coloring Book” (2024) · “Journey to the SunnyLand” · illustrations for “Rituels de femmes pour créer sa vie en 12 lunes” (France, 2019) · collaboration with DECOMADE Publishing.
Where to find me
Shops and portfolio: Etsy · Amazon · Behance · Fine Art America · Redbubble · Imagekind
Social media: Instagram · Facebook · Słowiańska Wieść (Facebook) · TikTok · Pinterest
Contact: write to me