Melting Painting

R. Benedikta / Gudrun Benedikta Eliasdottir graduated in 1987 with a B.Ed in Arts. Since then she has lived and worked on her art in three countries; Iceland, France and Luxembourg. She paints with a tempera, "patine au vin", that includes amongst other ingredients white wine and eggs. She has developed the mixture over the years and experimented with using various minerals like volcanic ash and crushed stones. She throws, smears and drizzles the colours on the canvas and uses all kinds of objects to put them on, the paintbrush is hardly ever used. The main theme in her work is nature, working with natural ingredients so the natural pigments get a new purpose. In a way we can say that this is recycling. She has participated in exhibitions in museums, galleries and salons in Iceland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Norway, Germany, France, England, Austria and the U.S. For further information and photos: www.rbenedikta.com Today also Art teacher in Menntaskolinn vid Sund, College in Reykjavik.