Marta Walczak‑Stasiowska – reverse glass painter considered one of the most traditional artists from the region of Podhale; her paintings made against a dark background hark back to the ancient religious and pastoral motifs (Zakopane, Małopolskie Voivodeship, Podhale)

For many years, she worked as a nurse and a foster mother – she filled up her nightly hours of vigilance with painting.
Her works – the Madonnas, angels, saints, the Sorrowful, musicians and carollers – are characterised by their unique colour, composition and precision of execution.

She does not favour making the contours with a marker, because she claims that ‘it would not help them come alive, they would all be the same, whereas when you paint with a brush, even if you try, perhaps two lines will appear similar but the third one will come out at least slightly different’.

She has presented her works at more than 100 exhibitions whilst albums dedicated to her oeuvre have been published thanks to, for example, the Centrum Kultury Rodzimej w willi ‘Czerwony Dwór’ (Centre for Native Culture at the ‘Red Manor’).

She has been an active participant of the region’s creative life for twenty years sharing her art with devotion and respect for the traditions of Podhale.