Rafal Podraza (born 1977), "Podraza's Autumn Five" 2022.

oil, cardboard, 48x67 cm

Painting framed in passe-partout

The journalist, songwriter, poet, and artist says of himself, "Being even a partial Kossak doesn't make life any easier. Hence I may write books, articles, and as a rule I don't move the brush. I don't move, although I like the smell of paint very much. Sketching something, someone offhand has never been a problem for me. It wasn't, but until then. Once I was told that I would not jump Julius, Wojciech or Jerzy. However, no one asked me beforehand if I wanted to jump over them. An opinion was given. So I got away from sketching human faces, horses. And I entered a world that fortunately none of the Kossaks ever touched. So there will be no possibility of comparison."