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Crédit photo : Chau-Cuong LÊ 

                                                                                                                                 

I'm a Swedish born artist, who grew up in Spain and who lives in Paris since many years. I am lately very pleased to be able to share my work and teaching experiences with an everyday growing community of artists and art lovers.

I paint and draw "portraits" of  anything that seizes my interest. Most of the time there is light, shadow and water involved. I praise the "act" more than the eventual result. I love to draw and feel how things slowly become my mental possession, through a comforting and soothing process. A relationship is created with the subject, which dictates the result. Improvising is part of my process of creation, I need it's surprises and errors to which I constantly must find solutions.

Observation allows to sharpen the capacity to see and it offers the beauty of things around us. A simple sketch or study can increase interest to what seemed indifferent at first sight and add depth to a casual object or sense to an ordinary day. 

Painting and drawing from life offers me a state of mental poise and delight, while my essential need is to capture and release my impressions.

                     

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"A Morandi hanging on a gallery wall.
At Mouton-Rothschild they choose a small Balthus drawing to illustrate one of their labels. Even a teetotaler would be encouraged to buy the bottle.
Folon draws cards to Giorgio. And Helen refers me to them. Or was it I who told her?
Her paintings lead me to the "azoriniana" poetry of Neruda : "I would do with you what spring does with the cherry trees"
Arikha insists, again and again, with his magnificent drawings on Japanese paper. And Steinberg in his landscapes, full of lyricism and devoid of any complex.
Helen should not have, either, complex. Because she daily walks through the streets of Paris with her bag full of gorgeous notebooks.
It is necessary to create one's own world to be an artist.
Helen has."
               
                  Severo Almansa 

"Un Morandi cuelga en la pared de una galería.

En Mouton-Rothschild eligen un pequeño dibujo de Balthus para ilustrar una de sus etiquetas. Incluso un abstemio se animaría a comprar la botella.

Folon dibuja las cartas a Giorgio. Y Helen me remite a ellas. ¿ O fui yo quien la avisó?

Su pintura me envía a la azoriniana poesía de Neruda: "Desearía hacer contigo lo que la primavera hace con los cerezos"

Arikha insiste, una y otra vez, con sus magníficos dibujos sobre papel japonés. Y Steinberg en sus paisajes, plenos de lirismo y carentes de cualquier complejo.

Helen no debe tener, tampoco, complejos. Porque pasea a diario su bolso por las calles de París lleno de cuadernos magníficos.

Es necesario crearse un mundo propio para ser artista.

Helen lo tiene."

                  Severo Almansa

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