“A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.
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— Francis Schaeffer, Art & the Bible

“HeArt of Healing”

2018/2019

Before I will introduce you to this collection I would like to say, that I wrote the note below before I’ve matured as a Christ - following artist. You may observe that many of my earliest painting show that lock off maturity. Back then I followed more sensual aspects of art. Later I embraced the truth; that art is given to me by God and I should use it to glorify Him. I’ve decided to keep the original note to show the progress of God’s word working through us and leading us into the truth. I was wrong about many aspects. I locked understanding. I could possibly delete and hide all my errors, but aren’t they showing the unmistakable and undeniable glory of GOD even more? Those errors and even sin, as using the gift from God for your own benefit could be a sin - led me to repentance. Now I am growing in the knowledge of Christ as God’s child and as an artist and I will continue until I am with Him in heaven. I hope to help others grow and maybe learn from few of my mistakes. Now I know that it wasn’t art that healed me but it was God. My Father used art and creativity that He gave me to help me overcome the trauma of my past, and the consequences of my sin and to open my heart to truth. His Truth - Christ. Ultimately it is Christ Word that brought the change into my heart and life. Art was a way God worked on my heart. He plowed it’s hardened ground to let the seeds take and sprout. He watered it. He pruned and watched as it grows into a mature branch that can now bear fruit.

Original Note about collection “HeArt of Healing”

ART is a huge part of my HeART. A day without an idea is a day when I am dead - that is how I know I am alive and I am healing and growing. In this experimental and first collection, I wasn’t bound to one particular style or method, and I enjoyed playing with various media and how they connect. This collection is particularly important to me. This is how I started my artful exploration and maturing as a woman, a human, and an artist. Few of the paintings I worked on before 2018, in the time of my life when I didn’t believe I could be an artist and those few were stored away deep in the closet, hidden from the world. Early 2018, I decided to take a chance and paint often and I ended up with over 70 paintings at the end of that summer. I decided to gather all those paintings together into one collection because I was embracing and healing my HeArt with each one of those paintings.