I am a graphic artist working with woodcuts and paintings.
The focal point of my work is a study of the nature that we are so dependent on, both as it is and in the context of human influences, such as pollution and our need for materials and food.
One project has been a study of the tree's cycle in different stages. Both as a process where the wood grows and the material is formed, but also decay, destruction and the breakdown of the organic material.
Studies of bark structures, rhythm, repetition or refractions. Other studies have been withered and dead organic material such as leaves, reeds and flowers.
Withered reeds by the lake shore, which together form formations, rhythm and patterns because they interact with the water's impact on them.
I have collected the roots from various plants. The root is interesting to study because it is hidden and has a different aesthetic than the plant above ground.
The root symbolizes the beginning of all organic life. Other works symbolize our and nature's fragility and transience - what is created, changed and disappears.
My current and future project is about the anthropoce age. The motifs are nature in the context of plastic pollution and man-made landscapes such as a Russian mine that appears as an abandoned crater.
In contrast to the natural shorter decomposition processes, the human-made pollution is in the perspective of eternity.
I use the photograph as a sketching tool, after which I edit my motifs on the computer, where elements are selected or added. I work with the composition, changing and simplifying the color. The background is removed and the elements are left undisturbed.
Through the woodcut, I can work with several plates - change colors - work in layers - and repeat the print in long paper strips. I investigate the motif by putting different wooden boards together, so that new, unknown motifs emerge.