Circle Study no 4. Painting

I was born and raised on a windswept island in Northern Norway. Growing up in the far north, with its bare landscape and fierce climate, gave me an appreciation for contrasts. The bold and extravagant paired with the minimal, bright colours paired with neutrals, lavish patterns paired with simple lines. I now live in the buzzing metropole of Copenhagen, Denmark, which has it’s own set of contrasts, far from the landscapes and weather of Northern Norway, and more in its clean Nordic style mixed with the international influences of its inhabitants. My private life also has its very own contrasts; I am married to a South African, we have a very Danish daughter, three languages are mixed at will, and three ways of growing up in the world are being intertwined. I have trained as a photographer and I am self-taught as a watercolour painter and drawer. In my work, I am balancing on that fine line between minimalism and maximalism that being so immersed in contrasts throughout my life has given me. Apart from my camera, and my work as a commercial photographer, I work with watercolours, gouache, coloured pencils, and pastels. I am currently exploring impermanence, in us humans and in the world around us.