Some paintings are simply brain cleaning. I carry around images in my head, sometimes for years. Some are louder than others and push themselves out on to a canvas. Like this one. Title: “Naturally” Oil on canvas. 73x91cm
Left-over-painting
Session is over. A painting is finished. And as always I have squirted out too much paint on my palette. Cadmium red, yellow ochre, burnt sienna and preussisk bleu. I can’t just leave these little piles of paint and go home and cook dinner. Dinner has to wait. My art teacher at The Colorado Institute of Art once said. ”Being a little hungry is good …
Black Friday. A black day for earth.
I walked into a big department store here in Sweden yesterday. First I get all exited. So much nice looking stuff. Smart gadgets, pretty clothes, shiny kitchen supplies, stylish make up, little things here and there that I – don’t need. Not at all. I believe in small scale productions, locally made things, unique, one of a kind handcrafted pieces or wearing out clothes instead …
I was left alone …
… with my thoughts. I am a slow thinker. Not mainly because I don’t have the capacity to think fast. It is just a little crowded in there so each new spark of a thought has a hell of a job to get to the finish line. And when that happens everybody left and I have no one to share my thoughts with. Title of …
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