The Alchemist (2019) 100x70

Original Artwork by Grzegorz Kovalewski – Mixed Media on Canvas

Command attention with this striking, one-of-a-kind piece by Grzegorz Kovalewski. Created using a bold fusion of acrylics, oil paints, spray paint, and pastels, the work pulses with visceral energy and layered emotion. Each mark feels urgent, intuitive — a collision of chaos and intention that refuses to be ignored.

Medium: Acrylic, oil, spray paint, pastels
Surface: Stretched cotton canvas – robust, textured, and gallery-grade
Size: 100 cm x 70 cm (39.4 in x 27.5 in)
Mounting: Ready to hang
Packaging: Professionally packed for safe delivery

This is not background art.
It’s a presence. A raw, emotional outburst that doesn’t ask permission to be seen — it confronts you. And stays with you long after.

Grzegorz Kovalewski – The Alchemist

Mixed Media on Canvas
100 x 70 cm

In The Alchemist, Grzegorz Kovalewski reveals a psychological landscape where spirituality, instinct, and existential tension collide in a brutally honest vision. The piece aligns with the neo-expressionist tradition, infused with elements of art brut and outsider art—movements that favor intuitive expression over academic restraint.

At the center looms a totemic, distorted figure—an archetypal alchemist, not transmuting metals, but enacting an inner transformation through confrontation with the self. The triple mouth-eyes may symbolize psychological fragmentation, sensory overload, or a mystical kind of omniscience. Surrounding entities appear ghostlike, raw, and archetypal—spectral echoes of the subconscious.

The composition is raw and rhythmic. Layers of spray paint, oils, and pastels create a textured surface charged with spontaneous gestures and cryptic markings. The intense, contrasting palette—vivid greens, reds, and violets—further amplifies the work’s emotional voltage.

Kovalewski offers no clear narrative. The Alchemist is not a story—it’s a rupture. It resists interpretation, instead confronting the viewer with a sensory and symbolic experience of inner alchemy. It is not meant to be understood, but felt.