Wisdom is not a category often used in artistic criticism, but it is difficult to resist the desire to apply it to Agnieszka Olędzka's attitude to painting. The term painting means here the whole process - a set of tangible and intangible factors, psychological and mental stimuli, technical measures available, limitations – as a result of which the image is created.Olędzka’s painterly wisdom arises from the awareness of limitations involved in operating on the closed, two-dimensional surface of the canvas, but on the other hand – it is manifested through the efficient use of the possibilities this medium offers to express one's feelings, to experience an object without crossing the genre's boundaries. The reluctance to copy, to imitate nature, the rejection of all artificiality represent a kind of honesty towards the recipient, the motive and the creator. The author’s particular focus is on the personal element – creativity is her way to her inner being, and furthermore – free artistic expression is a form of joy and pleasure. To indicate that objects are the source of Olędzka's output will be a truism, but an object often becomes an abstract element – without its physical materiality and real context, it acquires artistic substantiality. The simplicity of form and the unconventionally used colour seemingly mean the rejection of all laws and rules, all academic knowledge. It seems, however, that the professional background combined with talent, imagination and creative courage have resulted in this higher state of artistic consciousness, where the requirement of correct, aesthetic painting substitutes the choice of means appropriate to the temperament, will and psyche of the author. This is the level at which the words „artist” and „painter” mean the same. Elżbieta Kal