Encrypted Diary

Admiration of the ambiguity of the world encourages me to reflect on the fragility of man in nature. Watching the cycles of growth and death of nature, I realize my own finiteness. My final goal is not depicting the transience of sensations or the truth about the external world. Contemplating the transience of nature allows me to look into myself. This is why I try to consider the motif of landscape as a form of an encrypted diary – a reflection of my own thoughts, desires, concerns. A painting evolves into a palimpsest: of views, memories, sensations that I transform and try to find a way to keep and depict them. Records of encounters, conversations with God, memory of people, objects, places I have been to, everything that is close to me, I express on my paintings.
Monika Shaded. Tekst read on the doctoral thesis defence, Poznań, 2013

The New Has Come I
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 140 cm, 2011

The New Has Come II
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 140 cm, 2011

Valley of dry bones
acrylic on canvas,
180 x 230 cm, 2010

Desert
acrylic on canvas,
140 x 150 cm, 2010

Open Heaven I
acrylic on canvas,
140 x 160 cm, 2010

Open Heaven II
acrylic on canvas,
150 x 160 cm, 2012

Rearguard
acrylic on canvas,
125 x 150 cm, 2011

Open Heaven III
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 160 cm, 2011

Strong Love
acrylic on canvas,
140 x 170 cm, 2012

Saved
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 160 cm, 2013

Melancholy
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 160 cm, 2013

Joy
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 160 cm, 2013

Garden
acrylic on canvas,
140 x 150 cm, 2013

Between
acrylic on canvas,
140 x 160 cm, 2011

The Birds of Paradise
acrylic on canvas,
130 x 150 cm

They shall be as white as snow
acrylic on canvas,
120 x 160 cm, 2013

Forgiveness
diptych, acrylic on canvas,
100 x 170 cm, 2012