Katarzyna Castellini: Essays
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In the shadow of the South
No doubt, for Katarzyna Jędrysik-Castellini, the painting tradition is very important. With her eyes fixed on this tradition, she paints her paintings which she practically makes timeless in a very thoughtful manner, as if those scenes could be happening at any time, always, or, for ages now. The Mediterranean climate with which those canvases emanate, as do the scenes having become their subjects, is definitely beneficial to it.
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Il Chiostro
I have recently come to a conclusion that my pointless afternoon walks have to them a subconscious meaning which is hidden somewhere deep down there. Completely unwittingly, I would of a sudden come across persons, things, buildings, situations which add up a meaning to my reflections.
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The gallery
Among Katarzyna Jędrysik-Castellini’s paintings, there is one which is particularly close to me: the one displaying a church’s gallery. Looking at it, I return with my thoughts and my heart to Tuscany, to the cloisters’ galleries, whose walls resound with an old singing of psalms, well forgotten by today.
