Inner Landscape

"Inner Landscape" is a record of internal states in which nature ceases to be merely a backdrop and becomes an active participant in the process. I transform its rhythm, colors, and textures using botanical pigments such as avocado, hibiscus, and holly. When painting, I don't recreate nature literally — I look for traces of movement, vibrations and light, elements that affect us intuitively, resonating with the body and emotions. This series arose from a need for solace. In times of stimuli and information overload, nature becomes a refuge, a safe space. "Inner Landscape" is an attempt to capture this experience— I transform forms, shatter contours, leaving only the essence: organic shimmer, the play of shadow and light, tension.

Works on paper

Fragment from the exhibition “Remedies”, featuring works from the “Inner Landscape” series. Bacalarte Gallery, Warsaw, 2025.

Fragment from the exhibition “Remedies”, featuring works from the “Inner Landscape” series. Bacalarte Gallery, Warsaw, 2025.

„Overthinking” is a series of works that refer to Sylvia Plath’s quote about the fig tree. This is my attempt at a visual story about decision paralysis, female intimacy and suspension. It is a moment of hesitation that is unbearably prolonged.

“I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet."

— The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

Works on canvas

Magdalena Salome, Inner Landscape XVII, 2025

Botanical Pigment Ilex paraguariensis, Persea americana) watercolor, gouache on linen canvas, 120 x 120 cm

Fragment from the exhibition “Remedies”, featuring works from the “Inner Landscape” series. Bacalarte Gallery, Warsaw, 2025.

Copyright © 2026 Magdalena Salome

All rights reserved.