ArtAlaMex

søndag 27. august 2023

Hvitsten Salong 2023

Hi, and I'm back from a break!

In august Halvor Aarak and I was part of the festival Hvitsten Salong wich promotes

art and music. Together we painted a garage wall (many thanks goes to Maria and Gard).

Title of the painting was "Jam" and was an improvised piece based loosely on one

sketc we made with charcoal. We were inspired by flow, music and the Fossegrim.

The sketch

Making our piece on the wall, titled "Jam"

Halvor is priming the wall

We used a combination of regular paint and cans

First critics arrive

Finito!

And here's some photos form the artwalk and festival

The artwalk with curator dissemination Maria

Sculpture by Dawid Puszyński

Halvor is taking a photo of the crowd in front of our wall.

Works by our art-neighbour Ingunn Eidsæter

Sculptures by Trine Maurits, Eli Solsrud and Maria Waagbø,

photo by Ingrid Eggen

The concerts start

Goodtimes all around! I hope to be there next year as well

tirsdag 9. mai 2023

MÆD Concert & Vernissage

Hi folks!

Thought I finally should go outside and show my works with the band "MÆD".

This would all go down in the bands hometown Fredrikstad, Norway in Gamlebyen Kulturhus. The clash of concert and art exhibit was a fun experience!

Gamlebyen Kulturhus

Preparations

My prints in the center

MÆD live!

lørdag 29. april 2023

Looking good in colour!

It took some time, but it's finally here in all it's glory!

Drawing of a decadent property complete with statues in the garden and an odd luxurious car in front.

fredag 31. mars 2023

Faces

Different expressions with coal and marker.

Facial expression done with coal and ink

tirsdag 28. februar 2023

Enhancing my pupils project

There's a new month tomorrow and a new job for me.
So I'm choosing to highlight a project I did with my pupils at my former job as an Arts and Crafts teacher. This is from an assignement where 6th graders make a figure in modeling clay inspired from superheroes. They start with making an armature with steel wires, mount it to a tree brick base, sculpt the rough shape out of used/mixed modeling clay then the pupils decorate it with thin plates from the unmixed modeling clay.
That way we still get use out of old/mixed modeling clay and by then reduce our climate footprint.
Afterwards could the willing pupils have me take a picture of their figure and then photoshop it into a "Superhero Poster"! And here are the finished results:

PS: The groups of pupils where called "Surf" and "Turf".