It's a new year, and art making was put on hold a bit from the middle of December, 2021 til a week after the new year began. Christmas in the mountains can be beautifully white, like a postcard from one of the coldest countries in the northern hemisphere. But the past 5 years or so, we've had rain on top of beautiful snow, which then freezes to an icy mess. Sooner or later we get more snow, but the cycle repeats itself just a lot more than it used to. This requires shoes with spikes, and even then, I'm walking on eggs (figuratively). And so, I long for my studio after a week or so of this nonsense. Even though I always take drawing/ painting equipment for smaller works while I'm away from Bergen, it's just never as private and quiet working in the middle of the dining room.
Now that I've been back in Bergen for about 2.5 weeks, I'm warming up and the painting is going well. I have put down squishy matting on the floor, bought new panels to paint on, and large blocks of tough acrylic paper to create works on paper. I see things clearer after returning from a longish absence from my previous work, so things can happen fast the first week or so. Also, I have been re-watching my CVP videos and videos/articles by other artists that I respect, so that I am extra inspired when I head off to work each day. I try to make it to the studio for at least 4 hours a day-often more. Even on Saturday and Sunday, I can sneak off for an hour or two, just to keep the momentum up. It's like an addiction that I can't live without. I'm not a happy person if I'm away from this too much.
So, in my last entry I mentioned that I would post works in progress, but, it's such a long process from beginning to finished pieces, and posting crappy unresolved work seems counter-productive, so I'm just going to drop that. Here are some new pieces that I feel are worthy of a signature and a place at my up-coming exhibit at Geilo for 6 weeks starting February 12 thru April 2nd. This is an exhibit with my good friend and fellow artist Sissel Hindenes. who also has a cabin at Geilo. We decided to apply for this exhibit at the new Kultur Kirke there last year, but corona has put everything on hold until just recently. Now we're MORE THAN ready, and it's going to be a lovely exhibit. Hopefully, the response will be enthusiastic, as Geilo has a good deal of wonderful art and art exhibits at their hotels and cafés.
Cheers for now.
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Acrylic on canvas - 40 x 40 cm.
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| Acrylic on canvas - 50 x 40 cm. |
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| Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm. |
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| Acrylic on canvas - 40 x 50 cm. |
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| Acrylic on canvas - 60 x 80 cm. |
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| Acrylic on canvas - 80 x 100 cm. |
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| Acrylic on canvas - 30 x 30 cm. |
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| Acrylic on wood panel - 30 x 30 cm. |
