Ola is the artist behind Pracownia Antresola, a small Polish studio where nature, nostalgia and the quiet beauty of everyday life are captured in watercolour.
Trained as an interior architect, Ola has always felt most at home with a paintbrush in her hand. Of all the ways to paint, it is watercolour that has become her great love — a medium she describes as both demanding and wonderfully free.
And perhaps that is what makes her work feel so special.
Watercolour cannot be completely controlled. Pigments wander across wet paper, colours meet unexpectedly and little imperfections become part of the finished painting. For Ola, that unpredictability is something to embrace. It teaches patience, humility and an appreciation for the imperfect — a philosophy that feels as relevant to life as it does to art.
Her inspiration comes overwhelmingly from nature and the simple things around her: peaceful rural landscapes, birds and animals, wildflowers and the sort of flowers you might remember growing in a grandmother’s garden. Her work has a softness and nostalgia to it, often painted in a beautifully muted palette with a subtle vintage character.
It is this ability to notice beauty in the ordinary that first drew us to Ola’s work.
At The Quiet Home Edit, we believe a home becomes more personal when it contains pieces with a story — things created by real hands rather than simply manufactured. Ola’s paintings have exactly that quality. Gentle and unassuming, they bring a little piece of the natural world indoors and remind us to notice the small, beautiful moments that can so easily pass us by.
We are delighted to bring a selection of Ola’s work from Poland to The Quiet Home Edit.
Art for quieter homes, inspired by the beauty of everyday life.