I am an artist based in Tromsø, Norway. In working on my botanical, entomological, avian, and ecological art, I love both the affective and scientific exploration of nature and the wonderful small and large worlds within it. Because this ignites my imagination in so many ways, I also love bringing an element of fiction into my artworks whenever inspiration leads me there.
I love how working in great detail draws me into the subject more and more, so that the process of painting also becomes an immersive experience of learning and interaction.
I usually work with watercolour and graphite, but I also like to explore ink techniques, eco-plant-printing and other creative processes. Increasingly, I make my own pigments from all sorts of plants and stones, to further connect me and my paintings with nature and give each painting a unique flavour.
My art focusses on the affective and scientific exploration of nature and the wonderful small and large worlds within it, sometimes giving
them a fictional touch. I like to paint in great detail, but also like
to create structures and let the colours flow.
Among my materials are watercolour, ink techniques, eco-plant printing and many others. I also explore different creative processes, and make my own pigments from all kinds of plants and stones to connect my paintings, but also myself with nature ever more closely. In this way, every colour I produce has its own characteristics, origin and story that deepens what is expressed in each painting.
The materials I use are either hand collected by me or my friends and colleagues in the natural sciences, and sometimes even brought to the surface during deep sea expeditions and volcanic research.
