Physical process
Material | I paint with oils on canvas. Primarily with brushes but also with oilsticks, hands, knives and spatulas.
Base | Sometimes the base is a crisp new canvas and sometimes it is a cut from a discarted acrylic painting.
Sketching | I rarely initially sketch a certain idea, but I like to use ideas from playing around with Mini’s.
Painting | The actual painting process always follow a certain rythm. I act and then I react – fast or slowly – allowing the paint to make interesting surprices for me to keep or develop. Part of the fun is ‘dirty’ mixing and using random colors.
Mental process
The buildup | Sometimes it’s an idea that keeps popping up but more likely an inner restlessness just needs an outlet. So the mere action of putting paint on a canvas is necessary for me.
The fight | A moderate degree of aphantasia and adhd actually makes it quite difficult to plan a painting ahead (or sticking to a plan). I aim for a certain feeling inside and the painting often goes through several stages, because I’m bad at imagining how a feeling can be visualized.
The joy |
Output
Subject matters |
Point of view |
Aesthetics |