When I paint people a personality behind the faces emerge. Unintentionally a little story tells me why and what I need to include or exclude in a painting. I tend to exclude more than I include but even so, in my head I have the full story.
The Swedish summer this year was cold. My sleeveless dress on the closet door was ready to be worn but it waited in vain. The few hot summer days we had I managed to be away at even colder places.
The dress never got used. But it did give me an idea to do some paintings. Can you tell a personality of the owner of a dress by the way I paint it? By approaching the tree canvases in different manners I aimed to show a personality behind it.
From left to right: Order or Chaos. Life is simple. It is what it is.
Size 92×73 cm. Mixed media on canvas. Deep edge.
Order or chaos. Mixed media on canvas. 92×73 cm. Deep edge.
Life is simple. Mixed media on canvas. 92×73 cm. Deep edge.
It is what it is. Mixed media on canvas. 92×73 cm. Deep edge.
When I paint people a personality behind the faces emerge. Unintentionally a little story tells me why and what I need to include or exclude in a painting. I tend to exclude more than I include but even so, in my head I have the full story.
The Swedish summer this year was cold. My sleeveless dress on the closet door was ready to be worn but it waited in vain. The few hot summer days we had I managed to be away at even colder places.
The dress never got used. But it did give me an idea to do some paintings. Can you tell a personality of the owner of a dress by the way I paint it? By approaching the tree canvases in different manners I aimed to show a personality behind it.
From left to right: Order or Chaos. Life is simple. It is what it is.
Size 92×73 cm. Mixed media on canvas. Deep edge.