Moonlet Painting

Dr. Katrina Sadrak (b.1978) is an international artist based in Poland. Author of numerous individual shows and participant of over 150 collective exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Her paintings are in private and institutional collections: The Hindiyeh Museum & Gallery in Amman, Jordan; Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Yukyung Art Museum in South Korea; Nasca Contemporary Art Collection in Tianjin, China and more. Dr. Katrina Sadrak engages in dialogue with astronomers, cosmologists and astrophotographers. She explores images of the Universe through traditional painting techniques. Her large-scale oil paintings express her fascination about the Cosmos and Space. „My research has provided me with the opportunity to draw connections between art and science, to communicate concepts through my paintings.” She paints in oils and her work is heavily influenced by her relationship with the medium. “I start first by introducing the colour - sometimes I begin applying layers of "gold" and then other colours and shapes and I respond to their development. The paintings arise organically and appear through subtle layers of paint. The textured, layered, forms and figures produce images that appear to have been uncovered / discovered; as if at an archaeological site. The opportunity for discovery is constantly exciting to me and one of the main reasons why I paint.” Her art relates back to the origins of Universe; to the existence of Matter under the influence of Spirit, changing into forms in which Being and Spirit meet each other directly. Bringing time to its end… tracing it back to its beginning.