Ryszard Rosiński (b. 1956), Citadel, 2023

oil, canvas, 73 x 120 cm, signed p.d.: 'Rosiński | 2023' and described on the back: 'CYTADELA | Rosiński | 2023 | 73 x 120'.

Lives and creates in Skarżysko-Kamienna. An individualist who abandoned the rigid canons of academia and started as an independent artist. Perhaps because of this, his unadulterated painting is distinguished by its originality and freshness. He is not a proponent of the slogan "art for art's sake." And perfect technique does not obscure deep thoughtful content, creating a specific mood of disturbing melancholy, dressed in static form. With his previous exhibitions, the artist has accustomed his audience to surrealist paintings in a dark psychedelic atmosphere. His work alludes - precisely through symbols elements of cosmic almost fantasy - to the fundamental problems of the human individual and modern civilization with its many dangers. In addition to the mainstream of his work, he also successfully practices landscape painting