Anna Masiul Gozdecka focuses in her paintings mainly on the beauty of nature.

The artist seems to apply the pars pro toto principle. The motifs extracted from the richness of the landscape serve to showcase the perfection of forms, the play of light, and the details of the texture.

The motto in this patient and active admiration the artists devote to nature could be a poem by Zbigniew Herbert, Pebble (excerpt):

The pebble
is a perfect creature
equal to itself
mindful of its limits
filled exactly
with a pebbly meaning
with a scent that does not remind one of anything
does not frighten anything away does not arouse desire
its ardour and coldness
are just and full of dignity
I feel a heavy remorse
when I hold it in my hand
and its noble body
is permeated by false warmth
– Pebbles cannot be tamed
to the end they will look at us
with a calm and very clear eye

( translated by Peter Dale Scott and Czeslaw Milosz allpoetry.com)

We can talk here about human humility towards the world.
This humility manifests itself in action: in need to paint, to document the elements of the natural surroundings – stones, grasses, rays of light.

Albert Einstein supposedly said there are two ways to treat life – as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle. Anna Masiul Gozdecka seems to stand in the ranks of those artists who look at the world with constantly renewed wonder.

Looking at the world`s wonders turns into participation in the world expressed by the need to create.
In such a way, the artist enters the circle of action. She has a dynamic relationship with nature; painting becomes a tribute to acknowledge the natural wonders.
And it becomes like a mirror for the world’s beauty – multiplying its charm.

Justyna Napiórkowska, PhD

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. New paintings Exhibition: 13/03-27/04/2023 Appointments only:
galeria@napiorkowska.pl

Galeria Sztuki Katarzyny Napiórkowskiej
Rynek Starego Miasta (Old Town Square) 19/21/21a,
Warsaw

Justyna Napiórkowska, PhD

Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. New paintings
Exhibition: 13/03-17/04/2023
appointments only: galeria@napiorkowska.pl

Galeria Sztuki Katarzyny Napiórkowskiej
Rynek Starego Miasta ( Old Town Square ) 19/21/21a, Warsaw

ANNA MASIUL-GOZDECKA
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. She studied painting under prof. Krzysztof Wachowiak, photography under the guidance of prof. Rosław Szaybo. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer and photographer for several years. In 2005 she returned to painting with the exhibition of watercolour paintings “Flowers”. Her works are in collections worldwide: Poland, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Luxemburg, Switzerland and Singapore. She paints realistic and abstract paintings using acrylic paint and collages.

The works can be purchased at the Katarzyna Napiórkowska Art Gallery (call for a full offer: (48) 22 652 11 77) and in the online gallery
www.tylkosztuka.pl