All my life I’ve suffered from an “art itch”. At times I tried to suppress it but it kept reappearing, so I had to scratch. The more I scratched the stronger it got, so here I am, still itching and scratching on paper and canvas with charcoal, pencil, watercolor and oils!

I call my work studies of the moment. Because it is only in the rare moments that we get a glimpse of what lies beneath our outer facade - registering our true emotion. I try to capture the human condition through color, movement, experimenting with a variety of materials. Drawing on my own experience I look at feminine empowerment and vulnerability, desires and dreams and the bleeding hearts, inner peace and longing we all share.

I often leave my paintings raw, unrefined, sketchy - I bring them to a certain point and let them go. “A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places” (Paul Gardner). I could keep working on any of my pieces, but do we keep working on our emotions? They just are, they come and go - no matter how much we want to hold on to them. The emotions I try to capture are as much described as felt intuitively by what’s left out and undefined. I never entirely know what awaits me, what will flow through me. It is the unknown, mysterious and elusive that attracts me.

In my newest venture I’m moving towards the abstract. It is my new personal challenge - a risk I have to take. As always, I’m enjoying the process and that’s what is most important to me. Go ahead, look inside and wonder, add your own meanings and emotions. Welcome to my world.

Regards,
Justyna