Summoning Hermes

Tomasz Sętowski, born in Częstochowa in 1961, is a painter associated primarily with surrealism and magical realism. He studied art at the Częstochowa Pedagogical University. He has been a member of the Polish Artists' Association (ZPAP) since 1991. He claims to be a self-taught painter whose education
The program provided only a technical foundation, and he developed his own, extremely distinctive style through his own explorations. His works have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, such as the highly popular traveling exhibition "Polish Surrealists." The artist primarily creates paintings in oil, acrylic, and gouache. In addition, he creates graphic art using traditional techniques—etching and soft varnish. Tomasz Sętowski – fantasy painting. The painter belongs to the so-called magical realism movement, which has its roots in the surrealism of the last century. In Sętowski's work, however, this style is highly transformed and creates an individual solution with strongly defined stylistic features. The center of the composition usually features a figure, most often a woman. However, the artist subjects it to numerous modifications and metamorphoses. He incorporates landscape elements or even entire multi-level cities into it, which expand to create incredible, illusionistic structures. Sętowski combines various elements familiar from everyday life and uses them to create fairy-tale cities, evoking incredible fantasy worlds, full of supernatural creatures, forces, and magic. Tomasz Sętowski – paintings offer Tomasz Sętowski's works are extremely popular among collectors worldwide. Their original form and intriguing style are particularly appealing. The increased interest in his paintings is also accompanied by higher prices – the works are gaining in popularity.
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