Artist Alphabet Day 11: (K)iki Smith

Kiki Smith is an American artist born in 1954 Germany. Her work has been represented in galleries across the globe and includes sculpture, illustration, printmaking, textile and installation. What I really love about Kiki Smith's artwork is how she incorporates a variety of medium and both piece together and layer different elements within the specter of a room. She takes space.

See more of her beautiful work here: http://www.pacegallery.com/artists/442/kiki-smith

Artist Alphabet Day 10: (J)ean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1960. He was an incredibly talented artist who challenged and questioned with his art work. Heavily influenced by the ongoing graffiti movement as well as an active participant, he drew, wrote and painted on anything he could get his hands on - refrigerators, lab coats, walls, cardboard-boxes... Jean-Michel Basquiat tragically past away only 27 years old in his apartment from a drug overdose.

"Jean-Michel lived like a flame. He burned really bright. Then the fire went out. But the embers are still hot." - Fred Braithwaite

For more information about Jean-Michel Basquiat, go to:

http://basquiat.com/

Artist Alphabet Day 9: (I)nma Lorente

Inma Lorente is a wonderful illustrator from Valencia I  recently became aware of. Her work is sharp with amusing color combinations and fresh mark-making. Inma Lorente's work is a huge inspiration to me.

Here is a great interview with the artist:

http://illustrationmundoblog.tumblr.com/post/60267207879/interview-with-inma-lorente

If you would like to see more of Inma Lorente's work, you can follow her on tumblr:

http://inmalorente.tumblr.com/ 

Artist Alphabet Day 8: H...

Henri Matisse was born in a textile-town in France, in 1869. I wonder if the textile town held such a powerful influence over Matisse that they made a way into his paintings. His work can be parted into several periods that where stylistically different from one another, yet his goal remained the same: to discover "the essential character of things" and to produce an art "of balance, purity, and serenity." For as long as I can remember I have seen Henri Matisse's paintings and admired his clean and daring color pallets along with his variety of patterns.

Check him out: http://www.henri-matisse.net/biography.html

 

Artist Alphabet Day 7: G...

Gustav Klimt was born in Austria in 1862. His paintings was not well accepted by the public during his lifetime. After his death, however - the paintings have been celebrated and counted as some of the most influential and important paintings to come out of Austria. Gustav Klimt inspired me from an early age. I was drawn to his intricate patterns as well as the elegance and simplicity in his human figures.  

To learn more about Klimt, follow the link:

http://www.gustav-klimt.com/

Artist Alphabet Day 5: E

As a child growing up near Åsgårdstrand, in Norway, I was introduced to Edvard Munch's paintings, drawings and etchings at a young age. I enjoy how his work echos deeply with emotions of isolation, heart-ache, frustration, melancholy and the feeling of being miss-understood. Edvart Munch is most famous for his painting: Skrik (Scream).

Learn more about Edvart Munch, his beautiful artwork and tragic up-growing here:
http://www.edvardmunch.org/

Well Hello April!

Hello! My apologies for a temporary absence here. There is so  much work tied to being a freelancer! However, I am back attempting to create and share more of my new work with YOU! So stay tuned. For now, feel free to check out my new tumblr account where I share a little of my own work and a pool of inspirational work done by other artists. Follow me and share anything you like with your friends! http://tinyelephantillustrations.tumblr.com/

(From top and in order: Luba Lukova, Bee Johnson, Patrick Demarchelier (model: Natasha Poly), and Jeannie Phan.)

En god sak

I made this two weeks ago for a book cover contest for Jan Mehlum's newest book. Since the turn around time was only 24 hours the text is more of a placeholder to show where it would be.

Poster completed

This is a school assignment more along the corporate field. The challenge was to make something look like it could fit into a corporate setting while still maintaining my own visual flavor. I finished it yesterday.

Thesis Proposal.

It is time. Tomorrow I am proposing my thesis project, at 11:30 (in room S2 at PNCA). This is my opening slide. Wish me luck!

The 2012 PNCA Illustration Juried show

This is a gallery show that opens tomorrow in Portland, OR. I have one of my pieces (titled: Dreamers fly - check earlier post from this year) in the show. If you're in Portland I absolutely recommend you go, there will be a huge variety of artists represented with really amazing illustrations! I'm so excited to be part of it!

Work in progress. Time?

For the time being I am doing a lot of reading, writing and researching. 4 of my 5 classes at school are heavily relying on theories and the practice of writing about ideologies, art movements and where I fit into the world as an artist. These are really interesting subjects that over and over again blows my mind the more I learn about it. Yet I am sorely missing my creative practice of producing art constantly. So I am really making an effort into creating my own props and art assignments. Here is the result of one I started working on a while ago, but haven't had time to finish yet. I hope to finish this sooner rather than later, and show you the finished work here on my blog. As I now have finished the first parts of my thesis (my bachelor assignment in Illustration) research and decided on my statement, I will be sharing sketches and planning of my thesis work here, so that you can follow me in my process. Over the next 9 months I will be steadily working towards a series of illustrations that will become the end of my four years at the Pacific Northwest College of Arts. Ready? Bring it on!

Animation Installation times two

Here are two animations I did in May 2011. It was the first animation installations that I had ever done, and my first gallery experience. I learned that just setting up the technical equipment is really tricky and takes a LOT of time! I had a cent(smell) in the room that was a part of guiding the audience to feel what I wanted them to feel, affecting them in as many ways I could. The same goes for the lighting with candles.

Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu7RDfRnSfU&feature=youtu.be

Utstilling på Brår bibliotek i Re

Til alle som bor i Re og områdene rundt vil jeg invitere dere til å stikke innom Re Bibliotek på Brår for å ta en titt på min nylig oppsatte utstilling! Tirsdag ble utstillingen satt opp og vil være mulig å se i Biblotekets Cafeområde til midten av februar. 15 bilder er oppe til salgs og bestillinger utenom er også mulig. Ta gjerne en titt! :)