Thoughts and Reflections
25januari
Trusting the process of artmaking
”Woman”. Oil on canvas. I finished her in 30 minutes after wiping of the canvas totally with a rag. The face I had worked on for a whole day just bothered me. Bam! Just get rid off it and start again. And there she was. Trusting myself, trusting the process and taking it all the way to the very end. That is a challenge. ThereRead More
Categories : Comment of the day, Paintings
04september
The Art of Mingling
Not quite there. Oil on canvas. 73x92cm. I see being stuck in a corner as a good thing. Having the back turned to the rest of the world while I am being buzzy doing my own thing. Doodling about, painting, drawing or just being stuck with my own thinking. But I have learned. I have learned to turn around, opening up to people and toRead More
Categories : Comment of the day, Paintings
19april
Ranunculus!
There are some flowers that means spring to me more than others. Ranunculus. They are like sweet layered cakes of promise of a brighter more colorful time to come. I greet them with pleasure and I am thankful that days are finally longer, the birds are singing and it is time to get out of the wool socks and step into some sandals. And thisRead More
Categories : Comment of the day
13april
Private Parts
Painting can be a very intimate process. Ones inner thoughts, dreams, personality and wishes shine through layers of paint. One can always read an artist, maybe not instantly or by a single painting. But after a while, the choices of motifs, the colors or the brushstrokes will tell you something about the artist. To paint a vagina wouldn’t be my natural choice of motif forRead More
Categories : Comment of the day, Paintings