Just as passion is the key to Joanna Zjawinska's art, her art has inspired passion in the hearts and minds of her viewing audience. In Zjawinska's paintings and prints, bits of impressionism, expressionism, and art nouveau combine to form a unique style. These influences, coupled with her love for the world of fashion design, color her work but do not define it. Zjawinska instills each image with a sense of theater; she creates a world of glittering elegance where the people moving within the frame are chic, beautiful, and dressed to the nines. Zjawinska's work invokes a world of aristocraticracy, which is coupled with a voyeuristic aspect where the viewer feels like an observer of a private scene.