About the artist

How I got into art

My first introduction to art was through my father’s - also an artist- contemporary artwork. As a child, I was both fascinated and haunted by the abstract and remotely human or demonesque forms of his paintings. He had invented his own unique method of creating forms and colors by burning acids with a torch on copper sheets and stopping the chemical reaction with water when the desired color had been revealed. The whole process was quite impressive, yet frightening and rather toxic. As a child and teenager, I opted for watercolors instead, which I found much more pleasant and safe. Then came University, studies in Psychology and Environmental Psychology, and my love for interior design. Painting and drawing took second place until they were virtually forgotten for several decades. After many and significant life events, some tragic, some crushing, and some amazingly beautiful and uplifting, there came a pause. A moment where I needed to reflect and give myself some time and space. During that time I started painting again, this time with no actual painting materials but with digital painting tools. The discovery that one could re-work the same piece without losing the original one, over and over again, was fascinating! This is how I got hooked on digital art. The possibility of endless transformations was amazing and very useful to me.

Approach/Process

My approach and process are one of ‘allowing’ instead of ‘leading’. I never know what I am going to paint, I rarely start with a preconceived idea or goal in mind. Instead, I begin with an open mind and a meditative state where anything goes and curiosity rules. It is a process of exploration and discovery, accentuating shapes and recognizing them as they reveal themselves. By nature, I am very curious and spontaneous as well as impatient, which makes abstract art my ideal mode of expression. Working on an iPad is also perfect for me due to physical limitations which affect what I can or cannot do. I do occasionally work with paper and various painting media, but this is the exception rather than the rule and never involves lengthy times of engagement.

Style

My art is by no means particularly ‘cheerful’, it is not meant to be. I dive deep and into the dark at times, and to me, this is as necessary as basking in the light, this is why my work can be quite varied. I hate labels and stereotypes in general as I find them destructively restrictive, this is why I refuse to categorize my style of work. This is your job. :-)

Areas of interest

I love art, words, and nature. That means, that I paint, write and take photographs in my travels and/or short walks in nature. I also enjoy creating simple graphics on Canva for T-shirts or to add to my paintings. My interests interchange according to my mood and inspiration. If I feel ‘empty’ artistically, I focus on creating graphics. If I am tired of it all I immerse myself in the beauty of nature and take photographs with my iPhone. One of my goals is to manage to extend that in the future to the use of a real camera in order to get better and clearer results.

My wish

My wish is to create beautiful and meaningful impressions that could potentially bring pleasure to others, and inspire and empower them. My hope is to put question marks out there, raise curiosity and awareness and share messages that could bring something ‘positive’, enjoyable, meaningful, or helpful.

My Tribe

If I did have a tribe it would be fellow ‘outsiders’, neurodivergent folks, and so-called ‘eccentrics’. All those who speak their own mind, who critically examine things and do not follow along the ‘acceptable’ norm, latest social trend, or status quo. The non-politically correct, the spirits of contradiction, the devil’s advocates. The lovers of nature, beauty, truth, nuanced reality, and science. The geeks, the weirdos, and those who value different opinions, uniqueness, and originality. Open minds in other words, who don’t have a need for belonging, recognition or to belong to a ‘clan’.