Elwira Bernaciak an Artist
Elwira Bernaciak Artist She born and raised in Poland, Elwira moved to Ireland in 2005. In 2013 she was inspired to take up art again through art she created for her children. With had a long-held passion for painting, as a young girl, she aspired to high school art for which she passed her artistic exams with a very good result. Unfortunately, she did not decide to be educated in this school. Her life turned to other tracks. But she was able to reawaken this love and began to take her art more seriously. As she began creating again, she was struck with the idea of setting up and teaching art classes for adults who have also taken up new interests in art. As of 2015, she is the head of her company BElwiraArtCrafts, and is a tutor for relaxing art workshops in Ireland. Using acrylic paints and mixed media to create texture, she works in modes of abstraction and expressionism to render her images onto canvas in her painting you can see the variety and the lack of repetition, she likes to paint human emotions that can be seen in the portraits made her hand but also does not avoid painting landscapes that the artist delights. Acrylic painting on canvas is her primary medium but the artist often also uses to create her artworks on wood and stones on which she paints unique pieces. She views art as an avenue for expressing her emotions, choosing imagery that she identifies with as a channelling the life surrounding her. She finds joy in art and the challenge of completing orders as well as in painting to communicate her own emotions. In her view, art comes from the heart, and allows her to connect both with herself and with others through emotion captured on canvas. After beginning to lead classes, she also began to take part in various markets, festivals, and exhibitions, with her art continually gaining appreciation and recognition. She has exhibited her art numerous venues including the Seven Oaks Hotel in 2016 “Sens of Freedom in Art,” at the Carlow Library in 2017, and in 2018 "Reflective Art of Time”, Bowie festival in studios10 Dublin in 2017 and she presented her art in Wicklow town where a few of her original works found new owners. She organized in 2017 a 4-weeks fantastic exhibition at the Limerick Dooradoyle library. Currently in an ongoing cooperation with ArtBank Gallery in Bunclody. Elwira now meets and creates friendships with contemporary artists and develops cooperation with them. Taking part in numerous exhibitions and shows, it is also one of the organizers of the Art Festival in Carlow. Thanks to which, as an artist, she gains more and more recognition in the artistic world.
Acrylic paintings
Escape 40w x 50h cm
Painting made in the middle of 2017. This artwork captures many internal emotions and contradictions of the artist. Created on a beautiful sunny day was a mixture of feelings, joy and at the same time wanting to escape from reality and hide. Memories of a child who enjoyed minor things and fear of adulthood. The wind that captures the balloon is a symbol of the transience of the moment. A painting full of warm and pleasant couleurs, letting in to understand the joy of the soul and happiness is stronger than sadness and fear. During the creation of the work, the artist used several layers of paint and gesso, the back layer when using the brush and the subsequent layers are expressive applied to the painting knife.
Golden Dreams W50cm x H40cm Year: 2017
When the artist regularly visited the park in her town, she began to fantasize about the old golden times and the secrets of the old ruins. In this way, the image was created as a blend of today's and old life. A recast road to the river it is a flowing time and a lost umbrella of our mundane life. Painting decorated with gold-leaves pieces which symbolize ancient times. Picture painted with acrylic, using a painting knife and a brush.
A selection of paintings which can be found on the website www.elwira-bernaciak.pixels.com
Mrs Johnes - 130cm x 75 cm
Sisters -70cmx 50cm
Look at happiness – 50cm x 75cm
Lifeline -60cm x 60cm
Eternity -60cm x 60cm
Sleepy visions -50cm x 40cm
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Elwira Bernaciak
