Jacek Maria

I paint images of our inner landscapes. I am the painter of the soul.

II learned pretty early the language of exclusions. I was forbidden to participate due to my views. I learned how to convey the message in my art and be safe from persecution. Then I discovered the taste of my work being confiscated and destroyed. Wherever you are, there is something, someone excluding you from participation. I learned that sharing anything about myself gives them the arguments to exclude you further. I realized no abilities or skills count. I learned that there is no substitute for the truth, love, common sense. I learned that the beliefs society is offering us are only tools of manipulation. I learned to stay in the shadow, far away from the crowds, to be able to reflect. It is the only way to save the soul. I learned many things, and I know that judging eyes are looking right now at my disclosures about myself and my work to find the pretext to exclude me one more time again.