After a far too long break, it was a fantastic experience getting back to the acrylics. Without really intending it, I've developed a slightly new style in these new paintings. Something a bit more raw. And that feels very right. I'm very pleased with how this one ended up. The contrasts between the bright orange…
Fortsett å lese ➞ A Damp Night – Keeping Up With The Acrylics
Well, I didn't do a terrific job with the photo of this painting, to say it mildly. I tried to make the background as bright as possible using photoshop. But, as you can see, that made the colors kind of neon strong. So, it might be a good idea squinting at this one. So your…
Fortsett å lese ➞ Shield Your Eyes – They Might Burn
Remember those days when you were down at the beach as a kid? Picking up a stick, starting to draw stuff in the sand. Then you realized you'd made the drawing to close to the water. The tide ominously reaching towards it. Before, inevitably, it washed it all away. This digital painting/drawing is just like…
Fortsett å lese ➞ A Doodle While Deciding
To get a clear view of where you are, you need to know where you started. At least I guess that's true. Well, I was browsing through my media library on wordpress the other day. And suddenly I'd reached the bottom. Not in the depressing way it might sound like.. The bottom being my first…
Fortsett å lese ➞ Looking Back To Where It Started
This is the result of a digital painting I started on, having no clue about what I wanted to paint. It started, like it often has recently, by painting some waves and a ship. But it just didn't feel right. And it didn't look right either. So I went in another direction. The mast of…
Fortsett å lese ➞ A Last Meal – The Result of No Plan
I've been painting a lot of old sailing ships lately. It has just been too fun to stop. So here is another one, being led the way by one of those old, rough seabirds. Now, however, I feel that I've produced all my sailing ship ambitions for a while. So there might just be a…
Fortsett å lese ➞ That Way – Another One of Those Sailing Ships
I'm a bit lost for words today. Not because I'm surprised, angry, sad or excited. They are just missing, in an empty kind of feeling. Not empty in a bad way. Just empty. I still want to post a painting, though. A painting that doesn't need too many words. Just a painting that is what…
Fortsett å lese ➞ A Painting With Few Words
This is a watercolour painting that looks a bit messy. Or maybe it just looks a bit creepy. Or maybe both. Are there some cool features in there as well? I don't know. I can't decide. In my mind, it looks like a scary path on a dark autumn night. A place where I would…
Fortsett å lese ➞ Something – But I Don’t Know What
This digital painting was made without the following thoughts in mind. But when I looked at it afterwards, I felt that it resonated with them. And the thought is, more precisely, how good it is to have taken a step back. A step to where I actually belong at the moment. A lot of fleeting…
Fortsett å lese ➞ Still Fishing – The Freedom of Not Selling, For Someone Who Doesn’t Sell
There is a myth here in Norway, that tourists come to us expecting to see polar bears walking around in the streets. I assume the myth is quite exaggerated, but it's a fun one. We don't have polar bears on the mainland, to be clear, but you can find them on the island Svalbard. Needless…
Fortsett å lese ➞ Winter Night – My First Polar Bear!
