How do one start experiencing flow? I recently listened to a lecture about the book "Flow: the psychology of optimal experience " By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. They talked about how you experience flow when you do something thats enough challenging for the brain to make an effort but not stressfull on you. Time just flyes by... Continue Reading →
Inside the mind of a Painter series: Fear
The biggest obstacle in life is fear. Especially for artists in their art career. We are often very careful creatures, sensitive and riskaverse. I'm afraid to fail and I'm afraid to succeed. The fear of change is something everybody feels I think. Even when the change is good. Humans are creatures of habits. But in... Continue Reading →
Helping people through Art
I truly believe that helping people though art and culture is possible. Teaching someone to express themselves or just letting someone be shown through a creative expression. I am so grateful to be a part of planning cultural events for all people; the disabled, the homeless, the lonely and the youth. For myselfe art has... Continue Reading →
In the mind of a painter series: The 20×20 realization
On this saturday, the 14th of february, on valentines day I'm exhibiting 4 small drawings in a joint exhibition. They are size 20x20cm and they can be seen on Gallery 13 in Sundsvall, Sweden together with the works of 25 other artists. I had quite little time to prepare for this exhibition since I was... Continue Reading →
Dualities
This is one of my new Illustrations. One waterdragon and one firedragon facing eachother. Its about the dualities in life and in society. Recently I have heard that you should live in polarity instead of duality, constantly aware of both sides of things. Remembering that you can always interpret things from two opposite sides and... Continue Reading →
Art, live music and friends!
Art and Music goes hand in hand some how. When I draw I do it in a certain rythm and what I make depends on what kind of rythm I have on the inside that day or what kind of music I listen to. Tonight I have started a new drawing about a water and... Continue Reading →
Inside the mind of a painter: darkness.
I'm having a really rough day today and I don't know what to do. I'm depressed. But its okay I know this too shall pass. But its funny though. My life is great and some days it is just pitch black for no reason and that seem to be the case for a lot of... Continue Reading →
Inspiration: Unconditional Love
It was raining outside tonight. The special light that only the northern hemisphere can create was shining through the clouds. I was all snuggled up in my comfortable egg shaped chair that was hanging from the ceiling at a cafe. I was reading about unconditional love and I just knew I was close to all... Continue Reading →
Inside the mind of a painter: Pressure and Time
I have a lot of work to do right now. Several orders and a few offers on upcoming exhibitions but I just don't seem to have the time to paint right now. But is it the lack of time or is it my priorities that needs to be made differently? I don't want to give... Continue Reading →
Inside the mind of a painter: Pink Space #1
I have borrowed my cousins house to paint for a couple of days. I just started on a new painting. It's always such a special feeling in the beginning at the start of a new canvas, a blank canvas. It is full of new hopes and possibillities. Maybe this is the one painting that I... Continue Reading →