Woman playing mandoline Painting

I am a self-taugt artist with a previous bakground of working in chemistry. Both my parents painted in their spare time, and their profound interest in art influenced me greatly. I have chosen to paint subjects that I find provide me a creative challenge, where a transformation from real to abstract takes place.I like to work with a central idea or a symbol, which I try to approach closer and closer. I wish to give an observer the posibility to find new chances of seeing and re-imagining reality. I have been inspired by Picasso's ideas of symplifying the image, and by great masters of pastel painting, Odilon Redon and Edgar Degas.In the present I am mainly attracted by surrealism because all dreams and unaccomplished ffantasies create a new reality beyond everyting is possible.