Kinga Makowka - Detangling

There comes a hush in which the mind dares to loosen its grip on everything that once seemed knotted. “Detangling” evokes that subtle unravelling—a surrender of worries, doubts, and tangled thoughts. In its stillness, the heart breathes easier, freed from the silent web of expectations.

Here, what was once bound finds room to stretch and soften, as each layer of uncertainty lifts to reveal a tender clarity within. “Detangling” is the gentle shift from chaos to calm, a quiet testament to the healing power of letting go.


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Kinga Makowka is a Polish-born artist based in Yorkshire, whose work explores the emotional terrain between memory and presence, stillness and sensation.

Working primarily on raw linen and cotton canvas, she builds her paintings in delicate layers; soft pigments, textures, and metallic details that seem to catch not just light, but time itself. Her pieces do not aim to capture a specific place, but rather a moment… a feeling.

Much of her work is rooted in personal reflection a search for meaning. Kinga invites the viewer into a deeply human space: one of emotion, nostalgia, and connection.

Her practice often draws from her own life - family rituals, nature walks, the chaos of ADHD, and the peace she seeks through it all. It is a cartography of the internal world, mapping feeling through form.