11/20/2025
A reflection
By Jael Roznicki
As the owner of Maud Gallery and an artist, I get a lot of questions from visitors to our gallery about my journey into the world of art.
I have been in the insurance and finance industry for over 20 years. I still manage that agency on a daily basis. But 12 years ago I started painting for mental health and emotional expression, and I never stopped. Creating artwork is truly a passion of the heart for me. I know a piece is done when i actually would rather keep it for myself!
I opened the gallery just over 2 years ago, wanting to have a exclusively “Contemporary Gallery” to help viewers in an immersive experience, to walk around and really feel the curiosity and happiness that Contemporary Art brings up emotionally. I am proud of the comments we get at the Gallery. How comfortable people feel. How welcoming the space is. How the piece make them think and smile and theorize about the meaning and intentions of the artists.
Maud was really made from the heart. I can’t stress enough the joy it brings a creator, knowing something they made has touch another person. And I get to experience it on both sides. Also watching the collector talk about their new acquisition, going on and on about where it will go and how it will look.
So why am I sharing all this?
Physical Galleries are statistically closing, consumer driven art sales have changed and most people approach their purchases differently, which is a great shame when it comes to the arts. Galleries are co-created. The artists, the artwork, the collector and the lived experience of walking around with a coffee in hand interpreting the inner vision of another human being. I hope we as a species never loose that to the virtual world. Technology has given us so many great things, but I for one hope it doesn’t eventually take away our human expressions in a textural and tack-tile way.
So that is the story. If it inspires you. Please come down to MAUD this weekend and dream with us.