Marek Izydorczyk born 12.01.1967 in Czestochowa author's gallery Marek Izydorczyk and in the backyard studio in Klobuck. Painting began to absorb him completely. He covered practically everything in his apartment with paintings: walls, windows and doors of his family home. His paintings began to occupy all the living quarters, from ceiling to floor. Due to a lack of funds to buy canvas, he painted on paper, and when this was also in short supply, he reached for scrap paper, painting on cardboard. Having no money for paints, he sometimes painted with only one or two colors, trying to create a gamut of diverse shades. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) The artist admits that his works were filled with numerous mistakes in the beginning, but he did not give up and improved his technique all the time. He did not throw away any works, treating them as a reflection of the moment, evidence of his development. Every day he struggled with his canvas to become better and better. Approaching the age of 30, Marek Izydorczyk experienced a setback in sports, losing one of his most important marathons. Then, feeling a lack of meaning in life, he reached for alcohol and - as a result - suffered a severe nervous breakdown. He lay in bed for two months, battling suffering and mental impotence. Standing on the brink of mental health, in order not to go mad, he got up and painted positive thoughts. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) In light of the newspaper article, the artist reached for a paintbrush in 1994, which saved him from death. In the most difficult moments of his life, when he was plagued by depression and mental breakdown, he was saved by his own intuition and instinct for self-preservation, which turned him to art. At first, Izydorczyk painted trees, which became the leitmotif in his first works. They calmed him, cured him, soothed his aching nerves. Painting turned out to be a talent discovered providentially, saving in an almost literal way. Then he began to look for other inspirations than nature. Paintings with religious themes began to appear. As the painter stressed, religion means a lot to me. (Wrzalik K.: 2003, no. 48, p.l) Gradually through painting he began to recover. This was a turning point in his life. As he says, he would never have become a painter if not for this "mental impotence." Then, in gratitude for his recovery, he went to the monastery at Jasna Gora and offered 14 of his paintings to the Virgin Mary. There, for the first time in his life, he gave an interview for the Jasna Gora radio station, talking about the birth of his painting. Initially, the Artist painted exclusively for himself. He compensated for any sporting ambitions, personal problems and unstable emotional states by painting. Having no contact with the world of artists and teachers, he began to systematically buy the weekly magazine "Great Painters". Very quickly the magazine became for the emerging self-taught painter a "painter's bible" and an interpretation of the world of inspiration. He began to set up A4 notebooks, in which he practiced sketches for paintings, especially hand layouts and various body poses. He sometimes pointed out various mistakes in them to himself and made self-corrections, supplementing the drawings with comments. He made all practice sketches in pencil. The notebooks contained studies for future paintings or their elements. EVOLUTION OF CREATIVITY The first great fan of painting became his mother. She claimed that the more she gazed at his paintings, the more she liked them. (Warrior of Art, T V Polonia reportage, 1999). Over time, the circle of admirers gradually began to grow, but few initially took his work seriously due to his lack of art education. The artist himself never cared about corrections or lucrative acquaintances. It sometimes happened that during meetings with experts with professorial or doctoral degrees, he did not accept their criticism, getting into verbal altercations with them, with which he alienated influential people. At one meeting, during an argument with a visiting academic painting expert, he left the apartment and wandered around the city for hours. In interviews, Marek Izydorczyk often stresses that he has never liked "professors" and the templates and rigid painting patterns they impose. He confesses that he does not need theorists or instructors, as he is a great painter. On the other hand, he harbors a deep regret for his teachers that - as for the most talented child of the entire school - no one took care of his development and further direction. The artist believes that during his lifetime he died for art. He stresses that he does not live in society, but in painting. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) The interpretation of his views was reflected in the author's painting style entitled "Barbarian," which evolved over time into "Science Fiction Colour." As one of the Częstochowa newspapers reported, this style is a mixture of surrealism, expressionism and impressionism with a touch of invention of his own. It is from this creative "cocktail" that the authorial style of the Klobuck resident emerged. (Hasik M.: 2011, no. 41, p.8). The Barbarian was a style and at the same time a fictional character who fought to keep art from dying. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013). For quite a long time a series of paintings in this style was created. Mention can be made of taj, such as Kossaks and Barbarians, Barbarian Landscape and Confidence, Barbarian Melancholy, Barbarian Scream, Barbarian Painting State and others. (Lubczynska A.: 2007, no. 28, p.8) The Barbarian style featured motifs from the paranormal world, science fiction and elements of computer games. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013). This period of creativity also saw a number of paintings from "great painters" such as Jacob Jordaens, Jacek Malczewski, Piotr Michalowski, Claude Monet, Diego Velazquez. Before 2007 Marek Izydorczyk already had numerous abstractions, impressions, portraits and self-portraits in his oeuvre. As a local newspaper reported at the time, one could also come across a number of paintings alluding to Cubism in his work. The works were usually a conglomeration of different artistic canons, where it was difficult to grasp one dominant color. (Lubczynska A.: 2007, no. 28, p.8) In the Barbarian series of paintings, there were duels over paints and brushes with the great, hostile and art-destroying Gararius. In the end, Barbarian won, so that the 1000-year glory of art would reign in the world. Through the fabulous figure of Barbarian, who in some works is a pure personification of Mark Izydorczyk, he wanted to manifest and express the conviction that art must be fought for and should be constantly spread across the globe. According to the artist, the world is experiencing a phenomenon of gradual agony of art. This is because art as a subject in schools is undervalued and treated marginally. The result is progressive illiteracy, manifested not only in the creation itself, but also in the reception of art. The Klobuck resident has also established a coat of arms for his painting. It consists of a brush, a sword and a branch with leaves. These three elements symbolize painting, struggle and the flourishing of art. Over time, in the mass media, the self-taught artist was given the Art Warrior by the house. He confessed that his life is a constant battle and pursuit of excellence with the goal of developing and fighting for the flourishing of art. (Izydorczyk M.:oral report, 2013) Marek Izydorczyk is quite a prolific painter. A newspaper article reported that he has painted more than two thousand paintings in about 10 years of work. He grabs a brush whenever he feels such a spiritual need. (Lubczynska A.: 2007, no. 20, p.5) FURTHER HISTORY AND CREATIVITY In the first half of the 1990s, Marek moved to Częstochowa with his mother. They moved in together in an apartment building on Pilsudski Street. At the same time his father dies. The emerging painter, struggling with emotional and nervous system problems, externalized the suffering he experienced not only in his paintings, but also in comments added to the reverses of his works. In 1999, T V Polonia produced a report on him: Warrior of Art. At the same time, a series on Beksinski was also broadcast. (Lubczynska A., 2007, no. 44, p.8) Despite the momentary fame, the world quickly forgot about him. Marek Izydorczyk continued to live and create, living very modestly. At the time his mother fell ill - according to the local press - a number of beautiful "icons" were created. Their inspiration was precisely the suffering of his sick mother. (Lubczynska A.:, 2007, no. 20, p.5) It happened that the artist, having no means to live, gratified medical consultations for his parent with paintings. He distributed them to doctors in gratitude for their good heart and humane treatment of the patient. A great support in Mark Izydorczyk's life became chess player Dariusz Goliszek. An enlightened, educated man who supported him in the most difficult moments of his life. Many times he helped Mark to take care of his fading, dying tissue, and also gave encouragement when the Artist experienced the hardest moments of breakdown. This friendship resulted in a number of works in his early work, where chess was the leading motif. These paintings were later exhibited at the Frequent Care Center (1997) and the Railway Worker's House (1998). Izydorczyk returned to Klobuck only after the death of his beloved mother in 2007. At that time, he married Bozena Janus. They are the parents of two daughters - twin girls. It is in the family that he finds understanding and inner warmth. (Izydorczyk M.: oral account, 2013) In May 2009, the artist received a special award from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski, along with a diploma of appreciation for his contribution to Polish culture. Over time, it began to be emphasized in the press that Marek Izydorczyk je s t considered one of the most talented painters of the young generation in Poland. (Anonymous -Polska Dziennik Zachodni, 2011, no. 30, p.2) CREATIVE PROCESS The artist prepares his paintings literally from scratch, starting with the stretcher itself. He processes the wooden slats with a sander, glues and nails them together, then pulls the canvases onto them himself, attaching them with small nails. He equips the paintings with leather hangings or uses pieces of string to make them. He pays special attention to the selection of paints and pigments. Before breakfast, every morning for about an hour she mixes all the paints she plans to use. For this, he uses several to a dozen large palettes with different colors. Sometimes he composes only one shade on one palette. To this day he devotes great importance to the study of colors. He believes that color creates possibilities unattainable by other means of artistic expression, and therefore he never stops "polishing" it. He usually smooths each stain and creates in a different shade. It is such a specific style, which he describes colloquially with color to infinity. He likes to use variable techniques and experiment. In some paintings she paints very expressively and accurately, while in others she does the opposite. Sometimes he pours paint on the canvas and paints thickly, and sometimes very sparingly, leaving characteristic imperfections. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) Sometimes he repaints his old paintings giving a different dimension to the leading motifs. In this way, a transformation of the work of art takes place. Fantasy mixes with realism, which builds up an interesting atmosphere of anxiety. (Lubczynska A.: 2008, no. 20, p.5) In addition to standard instruments, he sometimes paints with a cloth and his fingers. Each of his works is always signed with his full name. He used to leave fingerprints with comments on the reverse side of his artwork, although this was not always the rule. They were a natural form of author's stamps, becoming a guarantor of the original. Nowadays this rarely happens anymore, as he stamps the frames and canvas with his own stamp. He also assigns his own numbers to the paintings. (IzydorczykM.: oral report, 2013) She paints most of her works from her imagination, but there are also some that are the fruit of inspiration from the works of great artists. In general, she can paint anything and does so in an unconventional way. (Lubczyńska A.: 2007) The artist from Klobuck is extremely close to Vincent van Gogh. Marek Izydorczyk first encountered the works of this grandmaster in "Great Painters". Then, browsing through his works, he was moved to tears The first paper, which wine so inspired, was Great Painters and on it was van Gogh. O d van Gogh I began to learn painting, so properly. I bought this paper it made me cry .... Such emotion that someone could paint like that. In addition, Vincent van Gogh is close to the Painter because of some similarities in his biography, which the Klobuck resident did not openly reveal. To this day, the favorite paints are "Van Goghi" .... Among other painters, he loves Olga Boznanska, Canaletto, Paul Cezanne', Jacek Malczewski, Jan Matejko, Piotr Michalowski, Claude Monet, Rembrandt, Titian, Diego Velazquez. The works of these artists Marek Izydorczyk has studied many times and tried to develop the inspiration flowing from them. In the past, he has painted series of paintings depicting the Great Masters of world painting. He owes everything he has learned to the late great painters. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) From the press we learn that from Canallet's work he was enthralled by Venetian backstreets full of space and architectural details. Architecture was the subject of one of his exhibitions in Klobuck, in 2011. The canvases were dominated by spaces, incredible perspective, geometric buildings interlaced with elements of abstraction. (Koscielniak M. : 2011, no. 7, p.6) The subject matter of his paintings varies all the time, but fantasy remains the closest to the Artist. His latest series of paintings is Bullets. This series shows the world just before a catastrophe. Suspended in space, the spheres are about to fall on a cosmic Venice. A large role in creating moodiness here is played by the depth of the image and the various variations of colors and shades as well as the handling of the impression of multidimensionality. Often hidden in the multi-threaded paintings are characters from the immediate environment, with whom the Klobuchar painter was or is very closely connected emotionally. In some works it is possible to see various incarnations of the artist and also come across the figure of his mother. During periods of melancholy, the paintings are dominated by dark colors and generally do not use red. Other works are a true study of pain and suffering. Sometimes the suffering is hidden in the painting, and at other times it is the center of the painting. An example of the latter is the painting entitled "Killing Art." According to the Painter, art is in crisis and dying these days, so it needs to be saved. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) He also paints portraits on commission, of which he already has several hundred in his oeuvre. (Hasik M.: 2011, no. 41, p.8) Marek Izydorczyk is so fond of art that he prefers to live a very modest life rather than look for another occupation. In addition to painting, he is also passionate about computer games. In 2012, he completed a Level Design course, which included computer game design and environmental construction terrain modeling techniques. After completing the course, he received a favorable offer of a lucrative job, but he did not accept it, remaining still "unemployed" - all in order to improve his painting skills. (Izydorczyk M.: oral report, 2013) and so I created science fiction color.