Oil on canvas

Monika Marchewka’s enchanted, ultra-feminine paintings are filled with cotton-candy clouds, pearlescent seashells, and shimmering bodies of water: the stuff of girlhood daydreams. But despite their splendid environs, Marchewka’s women subjects seem unsettled, caught in surreal moments of transition or uncertainty; they’re often crying, tears adorning their faces like jewels. Frequently employing the same motifs, Marchewka’s paintings act as storyboards—an unsurprising approach, given the artist’s background in film. A graduate of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, she worked as an animator, including on the 2017 feature film Loving Vincent, before turning to painting full time. Marchewka’s work has been featured in shows at LAMB and Artistellar in London, as well as Monti8 in Latina, Italy, among other galleries. Via artsy

monika marchewka, "back to ordinary," 2023, oil on canvas

Monika Marchewka, Morning 2022 Painting, Oil on canvas, Artistellar

Rescued by Monika Marchewka (2023)

Monika Marchewka — "Longing" (oil on canvas, 2023)

Monika Marchewka (Polish, 1988) - The Visit (2024)

Greed by Monika Marchewka

Monika Marchewka

Magma flowing into the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii | Source                          

Emma Sjoberg and Helena Christensen for Claude Montana RTW SS 1992

Good morning Tuscany, Italy.

Photos by Tseng Kwong Chi

Inga Savits for Versace Profumi, photographed by Ian Abela in 2001. 

ph. Nick Knight, 1987