Morning in Aix-en-Provence Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT I have been gifted with a passion for painting and an astute power of observation. On my impressionist canvases I strive to portray a moment's beauty or meticulously depict the reflections of flickering light. I am inspired by the surrounding world, and the process of painting is a happy journey in quest for unity and harmony. My aspiration is that my art will stimulate positive feelings. I have chosen a palette knife as it's a perfect tool for creating oil canvases. This technique makes my painting emanate pureness of colours and true joy of life. For me a painting is a palette of colours, on which I can freely mix them, albeit without neglecting the drawing. Each element of a composition is given appropriate attention. In the "Treatise on Painting" by Leonardo da Vinci I've found a number of helpful hints on this. Painting is for me very much like music: it has its tones, hues, accents and a mood. Barbara JAÅšKIEWICZ Polish Impressionist. Copyright 2012