Sylwia

The two no no's in making my art

How I escaped the traps of the past.

Food for the soul

My interest in discovering who I am spiritually, led me on a little side road to also uncover my genetic line. This turned out to be very interesting and honestly pure fun. Yes, I did a DNA test and found out I was (in part) a Gypsy! As an artist, I found this to be exciting news. Let me tell you why, if you don’t mind a little bit of fascinating history: Around 800 BC a Celtic tribe called the Boii inhabited the central part of Europe. During the time of the expansion of th

As a teenage girl, one of my absolute favorite things to do was to catch the train down to the Chicago Art Museum and wander the halls for hours, getting lost in the works of art of Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Whistler and many others. Somehow, when I was there, all my worries melted away and I would be in a world of my imagination. Viewing a work of art to which I was drawn to was like an open doorway into another universe. It felt like the artist was communicating straight to m