{"id":559,"date":"2024-10-02T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/black-hancza-river-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:07:14","slug":"black-hancza-river-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/en\/black-hancza-river-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Hancza River 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"fullImage\" style=\"padding-top: 0;\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/seria-cz-h-1920x1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-fullwidth size-fullwidth\" alt=\"\" \/><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"text-block\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-8 offset-lg-3\">\n                  <h1 class=\"h2\">Series: \u201cThe Black Ha\u0144cza River\u201d<\/h1>\n                          <p>Life, a river, a current. And we are immersed in its flow, with no way out. We drift because we must.<br \/>\nSometimes we like it, sometimes we don\u2019t. Sometimes we want to, and other times we\u2019ve had enough.<br \/>\nWe don\u2019t know what lies beyond the next bend. A gentle landscape? A rocky waterfall?<br \/>\nWe keep moving forward with curiosity, believing that whatever awaits us will be the best for us.<br \/>\nThat, for heaven\u2019s sake, things will finally be okay, right? Actually, they already are.<br \/>\nThe bad will pass, because it always does. After all, we are in constant motion\u2014we\u2019re flowing.<\/p>\n<p>With trust in our God (whatever He\/She\/It may be), we float on the water, surrendering to fate.<br \/>\nBreathing deeply and calmly, until we become the water ourselves. We are living water.<br \/>\nWithout resistance, without struggle.<br \/>\nWe drift.<\/p>\n<p>My beloved river, the Black Ha\u0144cza, posed for these paintings.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text image-text--centered\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n        <div class=\"image-text__image\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Black Hancza River&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;140&amp;#215;140 cm, oil on linen canvas and 3D stretcher (i.e. the sides are 4.5 cm thick and are a continuation of the painting &amp;#8211; the painting does not require a frame). The painting is covered with a matte varnish. The painting was painted with breaks in the years 2022-2024&lt;\/p&gt;\n\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-1600x1600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/czarna-hancza-ok.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text image-text--centered\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n        <div class=\"image-text__image\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Living water, 120&amp;#215;100&lt;br \/&gt;\nWater Lilies, 100&amp;#215;70&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;vegetation study for the painting &amp;#8221;Black Ha\u0144cza River&amp;#8221;, oil on canvas&lt;\/p&gt;\n\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt-1600x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt-1600x810.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Nowy-projekt.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"text-block\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-8 offset-lg-3\">\n                          <p>Before creating the piece with a woman floating on the water, I painted studies.<br \/>\nThis is how the two paintings of aquatic plants above came to be. The theme of the river\u2019s current fascinated me so much that it lingered in my mind for several more months. This resulted in additional works: \u201cThe Hair of the Black Ha\u0144cza\u201d and \u201cThe Living River.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly fortunate that in northeastern Poland, rivers are crystal clear and thrive in their fullness of life.<\/p>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text image-text--centered\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n        <div class=\"image-text__image\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;Black Hancza Hairs, 2024&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;\/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;oil on canvas 150&amp;#215;90 cm&lt;\/p&gt;\n\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1-1600x919.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"&quot;Black Hancza Hairs&quot; 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1-1600x919.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1-1536x882.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/wlosy-czarnej-hanczy1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"image-text image-text--centered\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-6 offset-lg-3\">\n        <div class=\"image-text__image\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/agnieszkakruk.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Zywa-rzeka.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-caption=\"&lt;h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 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