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.

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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.