In the Studio

“I illustrate female figures combined with nature and intricate patterns and hair lines in a modish, delicate, whimsical way and beautiful to look at. My theme revolves around femininity, fragility, vulnerability and grace but also represent my girls in a confident manner.” – DURA

“Childhood fantasy and everyday visual sources such as wallpaper, record sleeves, shopping lists and children’s drawings heavily influence the imagery in my work. The two come together in an awkward handcrafted tension that has an unsophisticated relevance to the reality of the lives we live today.” – Joanne Hummel-Newell  

“I strive for simplification of form. I reduce superfluous things in order to achieve more intensity and credibility in my message. My creation, despite being expressive and figurative, brushes against abstract organic forms. In art, I value freedom above all – my own and that of the recipient.” – Agata Czeremuszkin-Chrut

“I challenge the fixed notion of an idealized childhood and substitute it for a more unsettling complex representation that exists in its own right as a painting.” -Peter Monkman