BIOGRAPHY

It is difficult to say what came first, my interest for nature or my interest for painting. All I know is that I have always been painting, and always enjoyed nature.

I grew up on a small farm in Hvaler, south-eastern Norway, close to the forest and the sea. From an early age I spent hours painting and sketching almost every day, and my technical training comes from this interest in depicting just what I see. I have never taken a course in art, or gone to any art school, I have just been painting.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024· Solo exhibition “I Havsbandet” · Galleri Agardh och Tornvall, Stockholm 13. April-4. ay

2023· Solo exhibition “Akvareller” · Galleri Torekov, Sweden 15.-21. July

2023· Solo exhibition “Hjemkomst” · Galleri Klavestad, Fredrikstad 5.-21. May

2023· Group exhibition “Vårsalong” · Galleri Agardh och Tornvall, Sweden 16. April - 13. May

2023· Group exhibition “Birds” · Kliger Gallery, Lund 1. April-15. June

2022· Solo exhibition “Observationer” · Galleri Agardh och Tornvall, Sweden 1.-24. september

2022· Solo exhibition “Akvarell” · Fabrikken Konsthall, Galleri Torekov, Sweden

2022· Group exhibition “Bjärekludd” · Galleri Torekov, Sweden

2022· Solo exhibition “Akvareller” · Soli Brug, Norway

2021· Group exhibition “Öakludd” · Galleri Torekov, Sweden

2021· Solo exhibition · Galleri Torekov, Sweden

2020 · Solo exhibition "Minner" · Stora Gråbrödersgatan 15, Lund, Sweden

2017 · Group exhibition at Hvaler Kunstforening with Dag Thorenfeldt, Norway

2016 · Group exhibition at Tingvatn Fornminnepark, Norway

2015 · Group exhibition at Galleri Lista Fyr «Lista Fuglestasjons 25-årsjubileum», Norway

2014 · Group exhibition at Soli Brug «Naturvernforbundet i Norges 100-årsjubileum», Norway

SELECTED ILLUSTRATION WORK

2023· “Bevingade vänner”, Susanne Åkesson, Natur och Kultur, Sweden· Book illustrations and cover

2023· “Årets fugl”, Birdlife Norway

2021· Information board on birds in Kjelle Wetlands (Kjelle-engene våtmark), Norway

2021· 14 illustrations for the book “Die Nase Vorn”, Bill Hansson, Fischer Verlag, Germany

2021· “Årets fugl”, Birdlife Norway

2021· Illustrations for the British Birds magazine

2020· 30 illustrations for the New European Breeding Bird Atlas (EBBA2), Lynx, Spain

2020· Information board on birds in Arekilen, Norway

2019· Information boards on birds in the Reisa Valley, Reisa National Park, Norway

2019· Information board on upland and wetland birds in Reisa, Reisa National Park, Norway

2019· Information board on cliff nesters in the Reisa Valley, Reisa National Park, Norway

2019· Illustrated one chapter in the book “Syndige Folkeeventyr”, Fair Forlag, Norway

2018· Illustrations and text for information board on Arekilen, Norway

2018· Illustrations of birds for information board at Akerøya, Norway

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