Category: News
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Online Gouache Exhibition – Artistic Reflections of Real-World Places
Discover Artistic Reflections – New Online Gouache Exhibition This time, the selection of my works focuses on places that have inspired me and to which I clearly refer. These gouaches, in the spirit of “City States,” may be especially interesting for those seeking artistic inspiration or exploring the possibilities of this painting technique. A small…
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Did V. van Gogh truly have talent?
A student of the Academy of Fine Arts looked at the painter’s works and said: — Yes, he might have noticed that birds in autumn fly in spiral-like circles and thought: “That’s quite a brush!” You can see it clearly in some of his paintings. An alcoholic looked: — No. You can tell he was…
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In the Mist of Fryderyk Chopin’s Music
Composition in Painting or Harmony in Sound? It depends on the kind of talent we have in mind — visual or musical. In both cases, it’s about the simultaneity of many qualities. In painting: colour, shape, and line. In music: the scale of sound, involving one or many instruments. What matters is the sense of…
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Why Can Art Help with Pain?
How long can one minute last—at the moment when you’re convinced it has already passed? A follow-up question, refining the first, must concern a moment of mental darkness—a situation in which such a feeling might arise. The answer is familiar to almost everyone: a time when something becomes so difficult that it feels unbearable. For…
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Faith, Freedom, and the Painter’s Path
Does a Believer Have a Moral Obligation to Paint Religious Art? This post explores a question that often arises at the intersection of faith and artistic practice: Should a believer feel morally compelled to create religious imagery? True artistic growth requires distance, even from the most elevated themes, to understand what painting really is and…
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A Work of Art Always Holds a Secret
Painting courses that protect talent from imitation Painting and drawing courses that explain everything do not lead down the path toward creating works that might one day be considered true art. But my courses do — they follow that path. Educational interactions usually consist of passing on information and offering a certain degree of explanation.…
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🎨 Painting and You Newsletter — Sign Up
I’ve launched a newsletter on the Painting and You website — a way to stay in touch for those interested in my painting course designed for adult learners, regardless of prior experience. 📬 What’s inside the newsletter? If you’d like to paint, grow creatively, and learn at your own pace, I invite you to subscribe.…
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A Good Image — That Is, Something That Says Anything About Painting
“Could you paint a portrait of my wife?” Sometimes you might also hear, “Please paint the view from this window in summer,” or, “Could you paint a part of this city? I’d like to remember my stay here — it was exceptionally meaningful.” The subject is chosen. Soon, we’ll decide on the technique and format.…
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First thoughts about painting
It’s important to recognize and distinguish between two concepts: syncretism and paranoia. These represent serious traps — and they appear in the visual arts as well. Syncretism is the more dangerous of the two. Paranoia may involve delusions, but it often follows a coherent logic. Syncretism, on the other hand, always contains a logical error,…