Honorata Drążyk, Queen of clubs, 2020

Acrylic, canvas, 50 x 60 cm, signed p.d.

Born in 1986 in Kozienice. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, majoring in graphic design, with a specialization in printmaking (intaglio printmaking studio). She works mainly in drawing techniques (dry pastel, charcoal) and painting techniques (acrylic). He specializes in portraiture, especially female portraiture, while limiting his color palette to white, black and all shades of gray. He experiments with traditional realistic painting, while also referring to drawing techniques and noble photographic techniques. In his works he often refers to a specific circus aesthetic, combining theatricality, makeup and costumes, drama and corporeality.