This site is in English and Danish Language. I was born in in Koege, a village in Denmark. I live and work not far from the center of Copenhagen. I work in acrylic on canvas and as a painter, I am known to put together several canvases in one image and paint all possible "crooked" formats possiple in between. I also paint in watercolour, make collages, drawings, lithographs, illustrations and sculpture figures in clay.
I also write poetry, give talks and teach. My creative urge is strong, and I am inquisitive and creative in many ways. Little Lars - x cm. Acrylic on canvas - Sold. My career as artist really started when my work was accepted for the Autumn Exhibition KE in Copenhagen in I had already shown in several officially accepted exhibitions, and I had three paintings accepted for the Autumn Exhibition in , which was very encouraging, and in both and my work was accepted for the Summer Exhibition KS too.
In the meantime I had been in Latvia attending the Symposium at a wonderful castle set in the rugged landscape, where my huge work made of homemade, hand-made cotton paper and felt, is still decorating the wall. See below:. The Pyramid - x cm - Collage - Sold. Since returning to Denmark in late I have exhibited in many places see CV , and have a busy life as practising artist. In recent years I have not only had success in Denmark, but have also exhibited and sold work abroad. From my works have become increasingly abstract and imaginative, but always retaining the expressive figurative style, with the space surrounding the figures as an equally important part of the composition.
I am inspired both by the present and the past, and use colours to create depth and as perspective as used in Italian painting of the Middle Ages. I always paint in series, series which may seem very varied as my work develops and I myself develop and change, for life is never static - these series are all concerned with people. I find much inspiration in every-day life and often try to express feelings and atmospheres.
My main aim is to tell a story! But the interpretation and the experience is left open to the observer to invent his own story. Whether it may agree with my own is not important. In the Danish art historian Lise-Lotte Blom wrote the following about my work:. I have experience of teaching drawing and painting in acylic, at evening schools and art schools and as Occupational Therapy. I can offer private individual lessons in my studio in Copenhagen to those who may be interested. Just give me a call or mail - I do speak English!
