Izabela Szewczyk-Martin, Light of the Rain, 2025

acrylic/canvas, 70 x 70 cm

She graduated from the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Cracow (direction - exhibition). She is a graduate of the Pedagogical Academy in Cracow, majoring in Art Education in the field of plastic arts. She earned her bachelor's degree in Painting in the studio of Prof. Piotr Jargusz, and her master's thesis in the Graphic Design studio under the supervision of Prof. Adam Panasiewicz.Her fascination with the work of Krzysztof Kieslowski resulted in the creation of her thesis "DODEKALOG". It is a collection of twelve posters for the director's early feature films. In 2008, her work was presented at the Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań during the 12th edition of the OFF CINEMA International Film Festival.She deals mainly with acrylic and oil painting, but she is no stranger to other techniques, such as watercolor or ink drawing. Her paintings have been presented at several solo exhibitions (including in Cracow), and most of them are in private collections. She always looks for inspiration in nature and likes to observe her immediate surroundings. The play of light and shadow and color play an important role in her works. She likes sharp contours and strong contrasts. But it is light that is the key element that builds the mood, and often even becomes an autonomous artistic issue, worth exploring and pushing the subject to the background.