Icons painted by me are neither copies nor interpretations of existing religious images.

They are novel, imaginative and exceptional.

Their uniqueness revolves around silence which makes space for the world and constitutes important aspect of prayers. For my icons I use handmade paints (egg temperas) and linden panels covered with canvas and primed with lewkas – everything done very thoroughly and in accordance with the traditional recipe.

 

Only when the World is fully reflected in an image, with all its purity and beauty, then I realize that the icon has been completed.

 

Some of the icons presented on my website can be ordered, but not all of them are for sale. However, they are also available as prints. A copy is printed in the highest print quality on a handmade decorative paper with a delicate admixture of Italian Fedrigoni paper (gramature 250). Each print is signed by me. The format of the paper prints is 21 x 30 cm. Another option is a print made on a linden panel (dimensions 11×15 cm) – using a method that successfully imitates an original painted icon.

 

If you desire to have your own custom icon, I can create it for you.

Please write to me at: ikony@paulinakrajewska.pl

 

 

The profound and spiritual character of my icons does not allow me to present all of them on the website.

 

Unfortunately, photos do not fully represent all the richness of colour, strokes of the brush and, above all, the inner life and beauty of the icons.