When I was, just a little girl and people asked me “what do you want to be when you grow up?” I often answered a Dreamer. But I also wanted to be a pirate or an adventurer. At the age of 6 a 7 I had an another wish about this subject I wanted to be a genius, a painter, a drawer, an engineer, an constructor and an inventor like Leonardo da Vinci .

Education

I started painting and drawing as a child. At the age of thirteen I started taking art classes and training. Two years later I sold my first painting. In that time I also started to write poems, something what I still do.

I studied art at private ateliers in Lodz in Poland and in Vienna in Austria. One of the artist who taught me tradition painting and drawing was the polish famous artist Feliks Paszkowski. He taught me the craftsmanship (still-life and portrait).

But the most famous teacher I have had was and is Leonardo da Vinci. He is my hero.

I also have a university degree in Slavic languages and literature, which I obtained in Lodz and Amsterdam. I have also studied Philosophy and did Postgraduate study in management in Amsterdam.

I have lived in several countries and I travel a lot and all the aspects and characters and cultures of the diverse countries, people and landscapes have a big influence on my development and growth as an artist and as a person.

At the age of 15 I sold my first painting; It was an abstract, oil on canvas. In the next 5 years I made several paintings to order for my grandparents, friends, friends of my friends and relatives.

My first experience as a working artist took place during a three month period in Austria, after I graduated as a Master in Philology and then left Poland. As a vagabond I moved from one to another of the beautiful villages and small towns in Austria. I painted the Pubs, Inns, Hotels, Restaurants, Villas and interesting buildings and sold the results to the owners, tourists and passers-by. I didn’t expect that I could make such a lot of money! I had enough to stay in local hotels, dining every night in pubs or restaurants, to buy new painting paraphernalia, to travel and to have fun. The summer that year was hot and sunny. The views were magnificent, and so were the food and the wines. The people were willing to pay good money for my water colours and I have to admit that my first experience of being a working artist wasn’t so bad.

I have painted my whole life but I never made a full-time occupation of being an artist. However, from 2003 I have decided to do so. I spend most of my time painting and writing, and I regularly exhibit my paintigs and publish my poems (including several radio interviews and my own poetry readings).

Besides painting and writing I have had different businesses in different fields, including advising non-profit and charitable organisations in the Netherlands and in other countries.I am a member of the BBK in the Netherlands (Professional Union for Visual Artists)and member of "Akant" sociaty for poets (Poland).

Most paintings I have sold via private networks and to order.

I have two childern; they are my best friends and I have also a wonderful parnter.