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Bardal Petroglyphs
I photographed the petroglyphs at Bardal on the 8th of July 2023. Bardalfeltet is named after the farm, Bardal, where the carvings are found in Steinkjer municipality. There is a great variety in the symbols depicted in the rock art found at Bardal, and it is speculated that they were made at different time periods…
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Bøla Petroglyphs
I traveled to see the Bøla petroglyphs on the 8th of July 2023. The area the petroglyphs are located is actually called Stod in Steinkjer municipality, and Bøla is a small river that runs next to the petroglyphs and into the lake Snåsavatnet. The site is also often referred to as Bølarein, or Bølareinen, because…
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Kvennavika (covered) Petroglyphs
On the 2nd of July 2023 I traveled to visit the petroglyphs at Kvennavika in Inderøy, Trøndelag. The path to the site was overgrown and I found the petroglyphs covered. This type of covering is common during the winter season to protect the petroglyphs from the environment. Usually this type of covering is removed in…
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Holtås Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Holtås in Levanger on the 2nd of July 2022. The rock art is next to the road when driving along old E6. Holtås, sometimes written as Holte, is in the Ronglan area of Levanger. Holtås has around 100 figures, many resembling deer animals like moose or reindeer. The figures’ carving…
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Fishing for petroglyphs
A new triptych set of coloured pencil drawings inspired by petroglyph figures.
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Evenhus Petroglyphs
I visited the petroglyphs at Evenhus in Frosta on the 2nd of July 2022. The site is located just behind a small Café along the road, and there is a sign indicating that you can park there to see the petroglyphs. The carvings at Evenhus are dated to around 2000 BCE, which was near the…
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Solberg Figure Interpretation 1
I’ve been looking closer at a few of the figures from Solbergfeltet and have done some drawn interpretations. The First Group The first three figures to the left in the photograph I interpreted as a shaman beating a drum and two dancers. The middle figure has only one leg, and I interpreted that as a…
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The Three-Faced Dreamscape
My third triptych – a triptych of triptychs! The grinning woman with her cobra earring and the star escaping from her mouth. The pale-skinned eye-creature with crimson hair, earth-tending hand, and celestial-blossom-reaching snail. The distraught lady and the mischievous snake.
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Monkeybot & Parrotbot
The previous version of my website had the chatbots Monkeybot and Parrotbot integrated into two of the pages. They are not integrated into the current version, but I’ve uploaded stand-alone versions of Monkeybot here and Parrotbot here. Monkeybot replies with a string of random letters to any user questions, while Parrotbot copies user input and…
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Updating Front Page
I’m currently updating this website and blog, and just removed the old front page I’ve had for the last few years. This front page included a mini-game were the images on the page changed if the user hovered or clicked on them. This worked well on desktops, but never worked quite right on phones and…