Age: 120

Relationship: Single

Hometown: Krakow

Job: Photographic equipment repairer

Website: http://www.visualgemsstudio.com

Beading jewelry and painting are my vocations. I paint every day things and situations in a way to make them emotionally meaningful. A way in which I effect this is to use bold colors when painting nature and nature's animals and birds, as a replacement for the more inherent earth tones. My favorite manner of painting is realistic with, as of late, a surrealistic subject matter, such as in my Allegorical art. I paint a mixture of fine art subject matter, including iconic, bird and animal, landscape art, modern still life, and human figure artwork. Generally I paint in either oil or acrylic paint; occasionally in mixed media. I create handmade jewelry because I love the beauty of the materials: the beads, metal, glass, and polymer clay. I love the colors of the different beads and crystals, especially the Swarovski Aurora Borealis crystals and multicolor seed beeds. Working with beads, clay, and glass gives me a zen-like feeling, even if the design is challenging. If the one who buys my wearable art perceives herself to be elegant by sporting it, then I have achieved my purpose. Most of my jewelry is one of a kind so that I am not creating the identical design twice. Not only does that method keep me interested, but I think it adds a distinct, sophisticated character to the jewelry I make.