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Repent

A5 pen and colored pencil drawing of the head of John the Baptist. Saint John the Forerunner. Døperen Johannes. This drawing is for sale at the Meråker Kunstforening store Heimlaga i Meråker.

The Birds

Colored pencil drawing of a bird with tree legs and human hands holding a hen who i laying an egg into a hollow tree stump.

The Fruit

Colored pencil drawing of a spiral tree with a fruit, surrouned by a snake, a bird, the moon and flowers.

The Harpy Tree

Colored pencil drawing of an uprooted tree with spiral roots, a grinning harpy, a star and the moon.

Potnia Theron

Colored pencil drawing of a woman with a green hair, ruby red eyes, a moon in her hair and hands like trees with eyes in them She is surrounded by a flying bearcat and a fire breathing salamander.

Julia Beck -sur-Loing

A5 sketch of Julia Beck drawn for the guest book at hôtel Chevillon at the end of my residency. The rooms at the hotel are named after famous artists who used to live there, and I drew Julia Beck because my room was the Julia Beck room. Julia Beck (1853-1935) was a Swedish artist, famous […]

Château de Fontainebleau

The city of Fontainebleau is a 10 minute bus ride from my current stay as an artist-in-residence in Grez-sur-Loing. And at the heart of Fontainebleau is Château de Fontainebleau, the palace of Fontainebleau. This was the palace of several French monarchs since the middel ages, and the different sections of the palace reflect the styles […]

The Rock Art of Fontainebleau

Photograph of rock art engraved into a sandstone (gravures grès).

These photos are from the exhibition Pierres secrètes: Mythologie préceltique en Forêt de Fontainebleau (Secret stones: Prehistoric mythology in the forest of Fontainebleau) at Musée de Préhistoire Île-de-France in Nemours. The exhibition featured petroglyphs, or rock carvings, done on portable stones found hidden in the Forest of Fontainebleau. It seems like the rock art was […]

Grez-sur-Loing Residency

For all of November I have an artist residency ,funded by Grafill, at Hôtel Chevillon, run by The Grez-sur-Loing Foundation. Grez-sur-Loing is a small commune a few hours south of Paris in France. I have a room and an atelier at the hotel, and my goal during this month is simply to do sketches and […]

Midsund Petroglyphs

19th October 2023 I was in Midsund to do a workshop about petroglyphs at a school (through Den Kulturelle Skolesekken). Teachers at the school told me about some petroglyphs on the island that I was unaware of, and gave me directions to the site. I traveled to see them on the same day. The two […]