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About

I was born in Poland and as a brave young polish citizen I followed the official education system. As well as the official school education, at the age of thirteen I started taking art classes and art training. Two years later I sold my first painting. At that time I also started to write poems, something that I still do.

I studied art at private ateliers in Lodz in Poland and in Vienna in Austria. One of the artists who taught me traditional painting and drawing was the well known Polish artist Feliks Paszkowski.

But the most famous teacher I have had was and is Leonardo da Vinci. Obviously I had no personal tuition, but he is my hero!

I have a university degree in Slavic languages and literature, which I obtained in Lodz and Amsterdam. I have also studied Philosophy and did Postgraduate study in management in Amsterdam.

Art Experiences

I have lived in several countries with different political systems; diverse cultures, different languages, peoples, and landscapes and that fact has had a big influence on my development and growth as a person.

At the age of 15 I sold my first painting; it was abstract, oil on canvas. In the next 5 years I made several paintings to order for my grandparents, relatives, friends, and friends of my friends.

My first experience as a working artist took place during a three month period in Austria, after I graduated as a Master in Philology and then left Poland. As a vagabond I moved from one to another of the beautiful villages and small towns in Austria. I painted the Pubs, Inns, Hotels, Restaurants, Villas and interesting buildings and sold the results to the owners, tourists and passers-by. I didn’t expect that I could make such a lot of money! I had enough to stay in local hotels, dining every night in pubs or restaurants, to buy new painting paraphernalia, to travel and to have fun. The summer that year was hot and sunny. The views were magnificent, and so were the food and the wines. The people were willing to pay good money for my water colours and I have to admit that my first experience of being a working artist wasn’t so bad.

After that I moved to the Netherlands, had children and the responsibilities that go with them. I was trying to establish myself as an artist but I could not make enough money for living and got involved in a variety of different professional fields. I never stopped painting but for a long time art wasn’t my main business. However, from 2003 I decided to concentrate on it.

Beside art I am also very interested in writing. I wrote my first poem at the age of 16, and have never stopped since then. I publish my poems regularly in diverse Polish magazines (including several radio interviews and a few of my own poetry readings).

I am currently writing a book. Its leading heroes are two creatures: Betelgeuse and Mintaka (intelligent aliens), born in the nebula of the constellation of Orion. This literary-fantasy tale is illustrated by me, of course (you can find the illustrations in the fantasy art section) The story contains a multitude of cultural and civilizing forces - well known themes and plots, real as well as imaginary, all mixed together.

I am a member of the Netherlands Professional Union for Visual Artists (BBK), National Associate for Visual Artist (NABK), Devon Artist Network (UK) and member of "Akant" Society for Poets (PL).

Most of my paintings have been sold to private collectors and to order (approx. 110 works to 54 collectors).

Solo exhibitions:

2009/Sep-Oct. Galeria Forum, Lodz, Poland

2006- 2008 Dayan’s Art gallery Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2006/ May IWC Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2006/ May Expo, Amstelveen, the Netherlands

2004/ May IWC Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2003/ Oct. Den Haag, AWC gallery, the Netherlands

1995/ June Piet van Leeuwen, private exhibition, Venhuizen, the Netherlands

1975/ May Open house, Lodz, Poland

Group exhibitions:

2008/ Oct. Kingston St. Mary Annual Art Exhibition, England