Hi, I'm Natalia. This is my first post

So, here we go. For a long time I had it in the back of my head to have my own little corner of the internet where I can simply write, show my paintings and let you in behind the scenes a bit. And it is finally here. My name is Natalia Guz, I paint mostly in oil and acrylic, and paint has been with me for as long as I can remember.

What pulls me in most is colour and people, which is why I make so many portraits. But I also like coming back to landscape and the sea, because they calm me down. On this blog I want to show how my work comes to life: from the first idea, through the sketch, up to that moment when a painting suddenly starts to live its own life. Because that is honestly how it feels sometimes.

What I will write about here

I would like this to be my kind of backstage. I will be posting new paintings, talking about inspirations and showing the studio in its normal, untidy state. Every now and then I will probably write something about commissioned portraits too, because a lot of people ask about them. No pressure, just as it comes.

This one has been hanging in my place for a long time and I keep coming back to it. I am not going to play an art critic here, I will simply tell you why this colour and why this particular frame.

A word about language

I write in Polish, because it is my language and I feel free in it, I can say exactly what I mean. You will find the English version as a translation, so that people from abroad can read along too. And one more thing that matters to me: these texts are not written by AI. I write them myself, in my own way. A typo or an overly long sentence will slip in now and then, but in return it is entirely mine.

Thank you for being here. Stick around, because there is a lot coming. And if you feel like seeing the paintings, take a look at the gallery, all the rooms are hanging there.