Abstract paintings on canvas, board and paper. Contemporary art by Swedish painter based in Sweden and England.

Abstract art in oil and other media

Most of my works are oil paintings, but for quick experimental work I also enjoy the free, floating, abstract qualities of thin washes of acrylics and watercolour. I also like mixing oils with encaustic.

Non-representational, non-objective abstract art

The works of many contemporary abstract artists are abstractions of a physical motif. Many people prefer this kind of abstract painting because they want to be able to recognize physical objects in an artwork. My own paintings are seldom abstracted from anything specific in the material world. Instead I use emotive colour, abstract shapes and surface texture to create visual metaphors for contemporary life.

Even if most of my recent paintings are essentially abstract and can probably best be classified as non-representational, non-objective mindscapes, they also contain elements that balance just on the border between representation and abstraction.

Expressionist paintings

As an expressionist artist I'm interested in exxpressing emotions and inner states of mind rather than describing impressions of the material world.

I am particularly interested in the works of a variety of expressionist artists, from Van Gogh and the Scandinavian artists Edvard Munch and August Strindberg to the completely abstract paintings of the American Abstract Expressionist artists Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn. I am also a great admirer of the German contemporary abstract expressionist artist (neo-expressionist) Anselm Kiefer, whose art rekindled my interest in the ancient Nordic mythology.

Abstract art Exhibitions

I exhibit my paintings regularly, mainly in London, Stockholm, and elsewhere in England and Sweden, but also in other European countries. I'm a member of Bucks21 Contemporary Art and Buckinghamshire Art Society, both based in Buckinghamshire, England and Pintura Fresca, an international group of abstract painters.

Current and upcoming exhibitions:

Huntenkunst annual international art festival (juried), NL, 23 - 25 May 2008
Galerie De Gruitport, Doetinchem, the Netherlands, 9 May - 8 June 2008
Galerie Bij de Boeken, Ulft, the Netherlands, 9 May - 22 June 2008

Other upcoming exhibitions

• abstract oil painting
• non-objective abstract art
• abstract art on canvas
• surface texture
• contemporary expressionist art
• paintings inspired by Nordic mythology
• Swedish abstract artist educated in England

• list of previous exhibitions
• upcoming exhibitions

• for an artist statement please refer to the gallery pages