 This is another screen print from my "Botany" series; it's called "Clematis". . I have always worked very hard to make an object appear as 3-dimetional in drawing and painting. Now I really enjoy the flatness of the screen printed forms, because it is new to me and therefor challenging. I love this kind of challenge - to have to make an effort and learn to think in a new way.
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Another of my new screen prints. It hasn't got a title yet. I'm thinking about giving it another layer with a text printed on top - maybe in brilliant pink. What do you think? 
These little watercolor sketches give me so much pleasure. I'm not quite sure what I'll use them for, if I'll use them at all in fact. They're not made as artwork for an exhibition or anything like that. I make them because I want to, because they give me pleasure. Simple as that. 
Yesterday was time for another visit to the screen printing studio of Pål Gunnæs. Since I'm in the process of learning to screen print, I wanted to experiment a little with different colors on both the motive and the background. I ended up with six different versions of the same motive; gold and black respectively on white background + on two different background colors - turquoise and grey. It's very hard to say which I like most and consequently should print a whole series of. I asked my Instagram friends and got so many different answers - maybe I 
The late afternoon sun enters our bedroom window and overflows the room with golden rays. So many blessings in an ordinary life! 
The new NorwegianMade promo pillows have finally arrived and we are so happy with them! Hopefully we'll be able to offer them for sale pretty soon. 
The very lovely Emma Harris has made a truly beautiful blog post on my Instagram account on her blog A Quiet Style. Thank you so much Emma, I'm both honored and proud!  More delight from the garden: ground elder. This is really the most stubborn plant ever but I've been thinking if I start to see it's beauty maybe it won't bother me so much. Ground elder was brought to Norway by the monks as a leaf vegetable. Maybe I should start putting it in my soup?  Together with my friend and business partner Cathrine Wefall I run the company Norwegian Made, a wenture whos goal it is to support quality handcraft and design products made in Norway and made to last. Recently we had some really, really good news which called for a celebration. I'll tell you more about the project soon.. 
Wishing you a great weekend with this floral feast! 
Today the Kunsthall Grenland opens its doors: everybody is invited to hang their artwork on their walls. The exhibition lasts until sunday. I'm going to exhibit my new botanical print " Maple Flower".  Tomorrow at 1800 hours is the opening of the members' exhibition at TKS - Telemark Kunstsenter - at Norges Bank, Skien. I'm participating with a screen print. Please be welcome! 
Making plans for future prints. Can't wait to keep on working with more screen prints My mind is working day and night with new ideas and, after some time of restructuring, suddenly I see the world with screen-print-eyes - possible motives everywhere! 
My first screen print - "Maple Flower" framed and going up on the wall. I'm really excited about this new project! 
I love painting these unpretentious sketches which are not intended to end up as art work but give me infinite pleasure in the making. I find so much joy in the natural world and recreating parts of it on paper, like this, sort of prolongs the enjoyment for me. It feels like in a way I'm holding fast something good, without any other intention than that. No plans to exhibit or sell. I do it simply because it feels good. This is the best way to create art I think. When you are free to listen to your true self, not thinking about what others 
This is a photo from may when the Forget-me-nots were in full bloom They grow in abundance in the forest behind our house. One time I dug up some roots and put them in our garden between the other flowers. Now they feel so at home, they've taken over the garden completely and grace us with a carpet of blue delight for some weeks every month of may. Thank you Forget-me-not! 
Inspiration is everywhere - have a creative day!  There is so much in society pushing us towards liking what is trendy - in many cases there is a strict code even for what to think and mean. And there is so little that encourages us to think for ourself, to figure out what is right and wrong. My whole life I've had a clear inner voice telling me what is me; what I like and what I think is right and important in life. I've tried to ignore my inner voice and to blend in, but I've never managed, really, and to a large degree I've had no other option but to "be me", to the great sorrow of my family, in particular my parents and in part my children, who many a time have wished that their mamma were more mainstream and ordinary and less visible. It is painful not to be like everybody else, but to me it has been even more painful to try to be somebody I'm not. When I try, I feel like I cease to exist and it feels like my life is without meaning. Since I've learned to accept that I am the person I am and that there is no point in trying to be somebody else, I've felt like I'm on solid ground. I have me and I know that I can trust myself. So it is heartfelt when I say "BEE FREE" (and yes, I know that to be is written with only one e..) |
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