These oils are highly textured paintings, often reworked as Tadeusz revisited pieces many years on, sometimes even as they hung on gallery walls. They are created using a technique known as Impasto, in which thick layers of white paint are sculpted with brushes and painting-knives. The strokes Tadeusz made are visible beneath the bold colours he layered on top, often creating an illusion of stained glass, a technique he studied in Poland.

These Soot Cuts are unique having been created using a technique that Tadeusz initially thought of during the war and developed in the 1950s.  The image is drawn on a sooted metal sheet. This is pressed against paper that has been soaked in a formula Tadeusz devised to make the image permanent, creating a mono print.

Tadeusz served with the Polish Army during the Second World War in North African and Italy. Army life held special dangers for an artist. As part of a Forward Patrol he was expected to approach German lines and make detailed drawings of terrain and enemy positions. The drawings shown here were made during Rest Time in Camp and on Leave.