Store pengebevilgninger bedøver kunsten Etter å ha lest resultatene av Enger-utvalget og vært tilhører av et debattmøte avholdt hos Norske Grafikere, “Hvem styrer kunsten” for et par uker siden virker resultatene av en sterk statlig styring i kunsten som en stor opiumspipe for enkelte deler av kulturen; kunstfeltet. Er du mottagere av de statlige […]
New motif, started as a sketch of a couple in aquarelle. The oil painting is of a man, bending down to catch the woman floating in the sea. If he doesn’t hold on to her she will go with the stream into the horizon. He catches her head and kisses her, breath into her mouth.
In progress, painting plein air Read More »
The Summer is intense, especially in Scandinavia, where I find myself for the next months. The light until 10 pm keeps me awake, and gives me the energy and inspiration for making my Summer paintings. In my sketch book, there are bathing, diving, floating men and women, children and elderly women . They all have a connection
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Eugen touching my painting At the end of the year I see the kitsch-atmosphere sneaking in every door. The sentimental sound in your voice saying ”Happy Christmas” thinking of the big, read pulsating heart called Christmas. It’s coming again and again… Jussi Bjørlings, ”O Helga Natt” sends you directly to your tender feelings, which
Titian, Nymph and Shepherd, c.1570/75. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Oil on canvas, 149,6 x 187 cm. I just came home from Austria where I visited Kunsthistorisches Museum who has the most exclusive collection on the continent. Full of what the Habsburgs loved, the mature style; Venetian and Flemish paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The cream from
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