Category: ART RELATED POSTS

Notes for every separate painting

I always have difficulties to re-connect with the painting after it have been in rest for weeks. Every time it seems I need hours or days before I know how to work further on it, like an interrupted conversation. Most of the times my first attempts are quite pointless too.

Children’s drawings from the seventies

22 July 2009 When I was scanning some old pictures, I found a photo of my Mum.  Behind the head of the boy I caught sight of a familiar looking drawing pinned to the wall. I knèw I still had this particular drawing somewhere in the few boxes I lug with me through my life […]

On my easel now

If the berries are left to weather, the lampoon turns into this wonderful delicate gauze allowing a good peek at the berry itself. I used this visual effect in a slightly different form.

Alien invasion

… My next thought was that I had stumbled across some freshly landed aliens ready to roll their way into the world…..

My first time for money

… This local bar was run by a couple and their adult son. With that son, one afternoon I went to his apartment. He would give me 250 euro in advance of the job.

TooHoT made it to stores worldwide

The organisation was delighted. Recently they ask me permission to reproduce them and today I got the results in 5 colors. Don’t they look awesome?

Plaster art

The ‘art related’ stuff in this post is somewhat unusual.

Clay girl

Sometimes I feel the need to do something different than being in front of my easel.
Inspired on my acrylic painting/illustration ‘Fourteen’ I created this figure.

Sound effects

That means I had to cope with my 2 biggest phobia at the same time!!!

Easel

One of the best things I recently bought is this new easel. Well…. it’s not really an easel and it’s not new either.
In the last couple of weeks my old easel slowly but surely started falling apart.

Demotivating

WHY did we drive to Auckland then??? But the customs officer was gone and has assigned us with a shy young assistant. Arguing with the wrong person doesn’t make sense, isn’t it?

Customs

Did you know you physically can feel despondency?! Then your neck and arms slowly got filled with heavy lead, your voice gets weak and your eyes are stinging. And suddenly you want to sleep. For a long time. For a few years.

What about inspiration?

13 March 2008 People often ask me about my inspiration. To be quite honest, the conceptual stage of my art is often more elimination than inspiration. The initial idea usually appears when my mind is sort of idling, like when I’m travelling or taking a shower. Like many of us. From there it’s is primarily […]

Money in the wrong place

Gradually there is occurring some movement in the case ‘gallery O’. Occasionally they replied a whole sentence (after having sent my questions at least 2 times). The day after tomorrow the 2 boxes finally will be picked up by the courier to get back to New Zealand

Ranting

Why are these things never handled like adults, such as a normal transaction in ordinary business life? Why are artists treated like whining kids. Or like an annoying mosquito? We are talking about $ 42,000 worth of trade.