What's outside your window today?

Roberta Cummings at Nordisk Kunst Plattform

Recently I got on the local train for a little adventure. The trip went to Brusand, not that far away, but it still got me into that travelling space where your mind can go anywhere.. A good starting point for where I was heading; to a small gallery run by an artist couple (Jan Kjetil Bjørheim and Elizabeth Croft)- both the gallery and their home is the old train station in Brusand. It was charming and I felt very welcome, as well as it felt good to chat with "colleagues" again. Alongside running the gallery they do workshops for both artists and ... well, everyone! They are Nordisk Kunst Plattform. Oh, and the exhibition? This time they were showing etchings by Roberta Cummings; a selection of quirky and maybe dark, yet humorous observations of stuffed animals. I thought they were perfectly fitting into the atmostphere of the old station. Have a look!

Home is where the dog is...

I miss having a dog, and was reminded of this when I took a walk on the beach recently. I met this big hairy creature above along with a briard (even more hairy!), which both came running towards me for a cuddle. Just what I needed! So obviously I was inspired when I got back to the studio to do some doggy doodles. Here are some of them:

Studio Blomst!

I have just started working in this amazing flower shop called Studio Blomst runned by a very inspiring woman, Gjertrud Marie Jensen. Check out her website for original and beautiful decorations. I have included some of my first makings here, and looking forward to try out more. I couldn't find any better job to go along my drawing; it's fun, creative and practical!

how much is that doggy in the window...

Today is the deadline of the year. It is when all Norwegian artists stop producing and start writing- applications for funding.. I've spent the whole day trying to make a good one so I can start using the printmakers workshop here in Stavanger (top picture taken from the inside of the workshop, where I went the other day and got a great tour!) and produce even more. So that's that done. Now back to drawing...

Memories of Scotland

I love the exitement of developing photos. I still use my old analog SLR, and despite the pain of scanning negatives for digital use I just like not knowing how the photos turn out. My little selection here is from July, and I had forgot most of them! That is until I see them again, and I'm straight back in Scotland. I guess that's what fascinates me about images, they make you play with time.

Meet the neighbours

It turned cold and rainy this past week, so when the sun sneaked out one of the days I grabbed my bicycle and explored the neighbourhood. I met alot of curious faces along the road, like this one above! They are good for sketching too as they don't move too much.. Rainy days are also good for drawing, but that means staying indoors exploring ideas over a cup of tea. I think it might be a lot of tea drinking ahead as it's slowly turning into winter here. It started snowing this weekend further into the country, so it can be a long winter this year.

I wish all you two- and four legged a happy new week:)

Website under construction

Thought I'd put out a sneak preview of my new upcoming website. As I've been doing alot of the work myself (with good support from my friend Catherine) it is taking some time, but with some more help I should be able to finish it off hopefully within the next month:) Until then check in on my blog for news!

Studio Søtten

This is what I saw this morning as I went for an early walk on the beach!
The rest of my day I spent moving into my new studio at Trine's house; Studio Søtten. Soon it should be filled with new sketches, we already have to many ideas that needs to be put into action. So until then I'm bringing my camera everywhere, as if not to let anything slip away...