Madonna

40x30 cm. Oil on canvas 2003

Julebillede:
Når man maler religiøse ikoner, er der meget strenge krav til, hvordan det må gøres, hvilket jeg har prøvet på kurser, men jeg fandt en ikon, som jeg simpelthen bare så som en helt anden "historie" og så lavede jeg et maleri efter den, hvilket ikke overtræder nogle regler, og derved bevares respekten for den kultur, der er omkring ikoner.
Billedet lavede jeg færdigt i 2003, men det er kun fremme omkring juletid.

Englen herunder, som skiller de to sprog, er Ærkeenglen Michael, som jeg ofte beder hjælpe mig, når der skal kæmpes i mit liv.
Han er meget hjælpsom.

Christmaspainting:
When religious Ikons are made, there are very strickt rules as to how it should be done, and that I have tried on courses, but I found an Ikon, in which I simply saw another story and then I made a painting after it, and thereby didn't brake any rules, but maintained the respect for the culture, surrounding Ikons.
The picture was done in 2003, but is only on display 'round Christmas-time.
The angel above is the Archangel Michael, whom I often ask for help, whenever there is a fight to be fought in my life.
He is very helpfull.

Miniaturer - Miniatures

10x15 cm. Acrylic on specialpaper 2006

Bare for sjov og mens jeg lyttede til de andres småsnak, sad jeg og hyggede en eftermiddag med akrylfarver, som jeg ellers i sin tid havde fundet, ikke var mediet for mig.

Måske netop fordi det var lidt legende og hyggeligt, var akrylfarverne lige sagen og legen blev faktisk nogle gode billeder, så jeg skal da prøve noget oftere at nøjes med at lege ;-D
Just for fun and while I was listening to the small-talk from the others, I sat and was amused for the afternoon med acrylic colours, which I had for some time ago found, was not a media for me.
Maybe exactly because it was a bit playful ad cosy, the acrylic colours was just the thing and the fun actually became nice paintings, so I will try more often to settle with being playful ;-D

Reset

70x50 cm. Oil on masonite 2006

Den 3. i denne omgang om tro.
Det er garanteret ikke sidste gang, jeg tænker over det med tro, men lige nu hygger jeg mig med at det er en mærkelig tingest og lys der - tilsyneladende - driver min verden.
The 3. in this sequense about faith.
It is garanteed, that this is not the last time, I think about faith, men for now I comfort myself with, that it is a weird thing and light which - as it seems - drives my world.

Over tro - Above faith

70x50 cm. Oil on masonite 2006

Tilbage efter en turbulent periode måtte troen igen vendes, for mysteriet må gerne løses. Det er det ikke endnu, men LYSET kommer indefra og måske skal det bare ikke analyseres så meget. Min tro ligger på et eller andet plan over, hvad jeg forstår og kan forklare, men jeg er tilbage ved lyset.
Back after a turbulent period faith had to be considered again, because the mystery may well be solved. It hasn't yet, but LIGHT comes from within and maybe it just should not be analysed that much. My faith lies on some level above what I understand and can explain, but I am back at the light.

Knækket - Snapped

21x31 cm. oilcrayons on paper 2005

Pludselig en dag kunne jeg ikke holde op med at græde.
Billedet herover er fra 2. dagen, hvor jeg ikke havde kunnet bruge ord endnu. Heldigvis havde jeg stadig billeder i mig.
Herunder er hvad jeg lavede, da jeg havde fundet noget ro og mulige løsninger.
Suddenly one day I couldn't stop crying.
The drawing above was from the second day, where I hadn't found any words yet. Luckily I still had images inside.
The drawing underneath is what I created after having found some calm and possible solutions.

View

20x30 cm. oilcrayons on paper 2005

Bunden opgave - Set subject

30x40 cm. Acrylic on canvas 2005

Endelig skulle jeg prøve at deltage i Ishøj Kunstforenings forårsudstilling oppe i Ishøj Centersal.
Jeg var meget stolt og syntes, det var spændende, men det garvede medlem og min gode ven Ninna vidste, at det kunne være enormt kedeligt at sidde vagt, for værkerne fra foreningens medlemmer kunne ikke stå uden opsyn og desuden skulle udstillerne være der på skift for at besvare spørgsmål og "reklamere" for vores dejlige forening. Derfor havde hun medbragt et lærred til os hver, pensler og lidt maling, til at bruge i de pauser, der uvægerligt kommer sådan en dag.
Nu fik jeg så en udfordring: Med kun hvid, sort og brun akrylfarve skulle jeg lave et maleri ud fra min fortolkning af ord, jeg fik af Ninna. Efter meget brokkeri fra min side fik jeg også en lille bitte klat rød (oliemaling!).
Ordene, der blev givet mig, var: Tango jalousi, En helhed, Tulipan, 2 elementer
At last I was going to participate in Ishoej Artsociety Springexhibition in our local mall.
I was very proud and thought it was exciting, but the experienced member and my good friend Ninna knew, it could be rather dull to be on duty, because the works from the members of the society could not be left without guard and besides the excibitors should take turns to answer any questions and to "advertise" about our lovely society. That was why Ninna brought along a canvas for each of us, brushes and some paint, for the brakes, that inevitable would come on a day like that.
Now I got a challenge: With only white, black and brown acrylic paint I should make a painting from my perception of words Ninna gave me. After a lot of bitching by me, she finally gave me the smallest blot of red (oilpaint!).
The given words were: Tango Jelousy, a unity, tulip, 2 elements.

Tabt tro - Lost faith

60x50 cm. Oil on masonite 2005

En dag opdagede jeg, at jeg havde svært ved at mærke noget - altså følelser og svært ved at overkomme selv de mindste forhindringer i dagligdagen, og jeg forbandt det med den tro, der ellers har fulgt mig som en skygge igennem hele mit liv, nemlig at den var væk! Det var en belastende tid for hele familien.

Det skulle vel have været et mørkt og dystert billede - mente jeg, men selv efter lang tids arbejde producerede jeg alligevel det her ret lyse og ret positive billede og det var et mysterie for mig selv, hvad hulen det betød!
Emnet fortsættes ...
One day I discovered, that it was hard for me to feel anything - emotionally and a hard time overcoming even the slightest obstacles in the day-to-day-life, and I thought it had to do with the faith that have followed me my whole life as a shadow, being all gone! It was a hard time for the whole family.
I thought it would be a dark and gloomy painting, but even after working for a long time with it, I produced this rather light and positive painting and it was a mystery to me, what that all meant.
Subject continues ...

VenusTransit

Tryk på titlen, så kommer man direkte til sitet med udstillingen af mit billede hos Soho/UN40x50 cm. Oil on painting-board 2005

Det relativt sjældne fænomen (der er over 100 år til næste gang), hvor man kan se Venus "vandre" hen over solskiven, gjorde et meget stort indtryk på mig og jeg syntes, det måtte ned på et lærred.

Efterfølgende så jeg i 2005 en konkurrence på www.space.com, som inviterede folk, der havde lavet et kunstnerisk udtryk af begivenheden til at deltage. Der kunne vindes en stjernekikkert med computer-styring, så jeg sendte et foto af maleriet for at deltage. Jeg vandt ikke og troede så, at den potte var ude.

Så i foråret i 2006 kom der pludselig en mail, hvor jeg blev inviteret til at få mit billede med i en vandrende udstilling, der skulle rundt, hvor der var kongresser, symposier - og hvad de ellers hedder - i anledning af astrofysikernes Helios-år - altså et år, der handler om Solen og hvor der rundt i verden samler sig forskere mv. for at hellige sig dette emne.

Blandt alle de, der havde deltaget i konkurrencen, var der 25, der blev udtrukket og jeg var en af dem. Så jeg sendte billedet, som nu er blevet præparet og indrammet, og venter nu spændt på at det går løs - og er morderlig stolt.
The relatively rare phenomenon (there is over 100 years till next time), where you can see Venus "walking" over the Sun-disc, made a big impression on me, and I felt it had to be painted on a canvas.
Later - in 2005 - I saw a contest on www.space.com, inviting people who had made their artistic impression of the phenomenon to participate. A telescope with computer-guidance-system was the price, so I joined with a photo of my painting, but I did no win and thought nothing more about it.
Then suddenly in the early spring of 2006 I got a mail, inviting me to get my painting in a wandering exhibition, following some congresses, symposies - and whatever they are called - on the occassion of the International Heliophysical Year program in conjunction with the United nations. That is a year, where scientists and others concentrate on the Sun.
Among all the contestants 25 have been invited, and I was one of them, and so I sent the picture, which has now been prepared and framed, and I am now waiting anxious for the start - and very proud of it.

Glimt - Flash

30x40 cm. Acrylic on canvas 2004

Et glimt af ? tjah, vi "spøger" med, at det nok er et gespenst, men om det er, vides ikke med sikkerhed.
A glimpse of ? well, vi joke around the possibillity of a ghost, but nobody knows for sure if it is.

Katedral - Cathedral

40x30 cm. Oil on paint-plate 2004

På et male-kursus hos Jørgen Hansson i Ishøj Kunstforening ville jeg arbejde videre med lys og fik en inspirerende hjælp til det der. - Men uden skygger, bliver lyset uden betydning og fortælling, så de måtte med og det kom der et godt billede ud af, synes jeg.

On a painting-course by Joergen Hansson in Ishoej Artsociety I wanted to continue working with light and got an inspiring help to do so there. - But without shadows, light becomes insignificant and without a story to tell, so the shadows had to be there and a good picture came out of it, I think.

Vingeslag fra sommerfugle - Strokes of butterfly-wings

2005 - 30x20 cm. Oil on paint-plate - 2003

Jeg arbejdede med bevægelser, farver og lys - billedet til højre var det første.

Efter flere gange undervejs at være blevet spurgt, hvad det skulle forestille, slyngede jeg ud, at det da var en sommerfugl og da de jo ikke kunne se sommerfuglen, fordi den allerede var fløjet, måtte det så være sommerfuglens vingeslag, der var tilbage!!! Logik ikke? Og jeg mente desuden, at det var en hun-sommerfugl.

Johanne insisterede så på, at der måtte være en han også, så efter 2 år blev det næste færdigt, som var vingeslagene fra en han-sommerfugl - billedet til venstre.

I was working with movements, colours and light - the picture to the right was the first.

After having been asked several times, what it was supposed to image, I blurted out, that it was a butterfly and when they couldn't see any, because it had already flown away, it had to be the strokes from the butterfly-wings, that was left behind!!! Logic isn't it? And furthermore I meant it was from a female butterfly.

My daughter insisted, there had to be a male too, so after nearly 2 years, the next picture was ready, with the strokes from a male-butterfly's wings - picture at the left.

Stonehenge

50x50 cm. Oil on canvas 2004

Min gode, gamle ven (han er 3 uger ældre end mig!) Thomas, ville så gerne have et billede af Stonehenge som et maleri, så han fik den ide at spørge, om jeg havde lyst til at male det efter et fotografi, han havde taget derovre.

Efter et meget stort arbejde over mange måneder fik han chokket, som han først kom sig efter mange måneder senere. Efter et par år er han helt glad for billedet - siger han - og jeg vælger at tro ham !!!

Nå, men spøg til side, jeg er selv fantastisk stolt af billedet, som hænger i hans entre, for jeg har aldrig været ved Stonehenge og har kun en fornemmelse af, hvad det hele drejer sig om fra fjernsynet og bøger, jeg har læst.
Sjov opgave!

My good - old friend (he's 3 weeks older than me!) Thomas, would very much like to have a painting of Stonehenge (England), so he got the idea to ask me, if I would like to paint it from a photo he'd taken on a visit there.
After having worked hard for months, he got the shock, of which he didn't recover until many months later. After a couple of years he's quite fund of the painting - he says - og I choose to believe him !!!
Well, joking apart, I'm very proud of the painting myself, which hangs in his tiny hall. I've never been to Stonehenge myself and only from TV and books I've read, I have a feeling of what the place is about.
Fun assignment!

Lysets fødsel - Birth of Light

70x50 cm. Oil on canvas 2003

Efter det vellykkede eventyrbillede (forrige post), brugte jeg tid til at træne lidt med farver og i det samme tidsrum læste jeg bogen: "The Universe in a Nutshell" af Stephen Hawking, som jeg havde fået i gave til min 40 års fødselsdag (april 2002).

Jeg syntes så godt om den bog, at jeg læste den 4 gange lige efter hinanden, så den måtte gøre indtryk på flere planer, og så gik jeg ombord i at få de indtryk frem på et lærred og dette billede blev resultatet.

Der er ikke enighed om, hvad det er, der er inde i midten og jeg ved det ikke selv, så mysteriet er intakt.

After having had succes with the Fairy-tale-picture (former post), I was spending some time practising with colours and at the same time, I was reading Stephen Hawkings book "The Universe in a Nutshell", given to me as a present for my 40'th birthday (april 2002).
I was so fund of that book, that I read it 4 times in a row, so it had to make an impression on more than one level. And then I went to get those impressions on to a canvas, and this picture is the result.
There isn't any aggreement about what is in the middle, and so the mystery is intact.

First real attempt - Fairytale - første rigtige forsøg

Dette maleri var mit første "rigtige" forsøg på at skabe et oliemaleri.
- Det var i 2002.

Under vejledning fra Ninna fra Ishøj Kunstforening - en meget lille forening med fri adgang til et gammelt bondehus, hvor det ikke gør så meget, om man spilder lidt maling på gulvet - fandt jeg ud af, at jeg er i stand til at give min sjæls følelser et udtryk.

Det originale billede var i en gammel eventyrbog og jeg har ikke engang læst eventyret!
- og til slut viste Ninna mig, hvordan jeg kunne lave rammen!
This painting was my first "real" attempt to create an oil-painting.
It was in 2002.
Under the guidance of Ninna from Ishoej Kunstforening (Ishoej Artsociety) - a very small society with free access to an old farmhouse, where it really doesn't matter, if a little paint hits the floor - I found out, that I am able to express what my soul feels.

The original image is from an old book with fairytales, and I don't even know the tale!
- and finally Ninna showed me, how to make the frame!

Mine malerier - my paintings

Hej, her vil jeg præsentere mine malerier, som jeg har lavet i den tid, jeg har været medlem af Ishøj Kunstforening.

Jeg skal lige have orden i mine fotos og mine tekster, så fortsætter jeg.


Hi, this is a place I have chosen to present the paints I have created from the time I joined the local artsociety in my town of residence.

I just have to make some sorting out my fotos and texts, then I will proceed.