About me 

I’m an artist based in Poland taking delight in dark fantasy inkworks. 

I have a Master of Arts degree specialization in Painting from Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland. In my student days I was aiming for combining hyperrealism and romanticism with traditional oil on canvas paintings and large-sized drawings. I was a finalist of several Polish nationwide and international art competitions. However, I’ve worked in the meantime as a comic artist, pursuing my dream to become a mangaka. Now, after maternity leave, I carry on my artistic path as a freelance artist, staying true to my passions and hoping to be able to create art full-time one day. 

I create my artworks by hand on paper mainly with ink and fineliners, as I still enjoy making traditional detailed drawings like nothing else. I add colors to my inkworks digitally. I also like to experiment with traditional mediums like watercolor, oil paint or colored pencils. 

I take inspiration from the Romantic era artists such as Caspar D.Friedrich, a fellow Polish artist Zdzisław Beksiński, japanese traditional art and manga.

Besides art, I find meaning in family life, good food and heavy metal.  

Totally grateful to you for dropping by and support, enjoy! 

Love,

Sandra S. Rush

Awards and honors

– 1st Prize in the Polish International Vincent van Gogh Art Competition in Rybnik, 2013.
– Honourable Mention in the 1st International Higher Education Institution for Art Studies Student Drawing Triennial, Katowice, 2014
– Nomination for the Grand Prix competition of the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation, Warsaw, 2014,
– Finalist of the Vth Young Art Review “Fresh Blood”, Wrocław, 2015.
– Finalist of the Biennale Young Art “Fish Eye 8”, Ustka, 2015.
– Finalist of the International Painting Competition of the Three Bridges  Foundation, Warsaw, 2015.