Nature, natural forms and the human figure are sources of unending interest to me - discovery and awareness of form as three-dimensional reality, the way light reveals forms, how commonplace objects and the human figure no longer exist as just objects, but as shape and forms in space. All of these caused a lot of excitement years ago for me, and since then I have been exploring these concepts.

Painting, tapestry, paper installations, intaglio techniques and sculpture are my favorite disciplines. They enable me to express form in depth and simplification of surfaces combined together to produce a synthesis of two-dimensional movement (dynamic patterns) and three-dimensional volume.

Some spatial relations in my work are purely abstract, others are with mathematical formulae, and some have emotional attributes such as mysterious, sinister, and happy. Very often repeated elements in my compositions (pierced areas, ropes that are uneven in their thickness, tiny or large shapes attached or separated) are used in order to make an abstract form and space, and to create shadows and rhythms.

Although I use different media for wall hangings, sculpture and paintings, all these disciplines have the same form and similar character and they are built on a base of similar feelings and emotions. The materials I use in my work enable me to achieve harmony between form and content. In the process of development, I discover the spirit and different personality of materials I choose to work with. I work from imagination, based on stored information derived from nature and our sophisticated civilization. This enables me to bring a three-dimensional solidity, showing the shape by means of colour, light and texture.

Ewa Tarsia