POST SCRIPTUM English__ Feb 2021
POST SCRIPTUM - Independent MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE & ARTS - English version. POST SCRIPTUM - Niezależne pismo artystyczno-literackie tworzone przez polsko-brytyjski zespół entuzjastów, artystów i dziennikarzy. Zapraszamy do lektury.
POST SCRIPTUM - Independent MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE & ARTS - English version.
POST SCRIPTUM - Niezależne pismo artystyczno-literackie tworzone przez polsko-brytyjski zespół entuzjastów, artystów i dziennikarzy. Zapraszamy do lektury.
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MELANCHOLIC<br />
INDUSTRIALISM<br />
It is impossible not to compare your paintings with the<br />
art of the Polish master Zdzislaw Beksinski and H. R<br />
Giger. What do you think and how do you feel about it?<br />
Such comparisons, especially in the style I represent, are<br />
very difficult to avoid. I don’t feel particularly bad about<br />
it, although the fact is, the vast majority of people are<br />
looking for the influence of Beksinki and they are literally<br />
everywhere. To be honest, it really doesn’t matter to me.<br />
I don’t feel any pressure, because as an artist, I constantly<br />
look for my own form of expressing emotions.<br />
I’ve read that you have no formal art education, that<br />
you are self-taught. I, as an all-round self-taught person,<br />
admire your hard work and your desire for self-improvement.<br />
What was your artistic path? Did you start<br />
by copying the masters? And if so, who?<br />
My creative path began in my youth, when I drew with<br />
what I could, on what I could. Later, I expressed my passion<br />
for creativity with pencils and and watercolours. In<br />
fact, I spread my wings when I discovered acrylic paints.<br />
This gave me new opportunities and the energy to create.<br />
I’ve stuck with them to this day, and this is my favourite<br />
medium. There were, of course, attempts to imitate<br />
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other artists, but I saw it more as a kind of exercise and<br />
test of my abilities. The leitmotif on which I based my<br />
art in my youth was a broadly understood fantasy, which<br />
I quickly completely abandoned in favour of surrealism,<br />
and more recently “ melancholic industrialism”, as I like<br />
to define my work.<br />
How long does it take you to complete one painting?<br />
It depends on how many things are interrupting me<br />
whilst I am working. I am a person who is completely<br />
absorbed in all kinds of activities. In addition to drawing,<br />
I also love sports, especially mountain long-distance<br />
running, obstacle recess and kettlebells workout (s).<br />
Training takes a lot of my time and I try to reconcile<br />
these two passions, although I admit that this is not an<br />
easy task. Generally speaking, one painting takes about<br />
a month.<br />
Do you believe in afflatus?<br />
I believe in hard work, persistence and an endless<br />
passion for creation. I don’t wait for an inspiration and<br />
I don’t really think about it. I draw because I breathe it.<br />
The whole world depicted in my paintings is with me
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