Self portrait with dog

IMAGE DESCRIPTION : from top of page to bottom - "Self portrait with dog" 2007. Acrylic paint/oil and wood cut on fabric 137x220cm - - Smoker.2004. 180 x 200cm. Watercolour and woodcut on Japanese paper mounted on a 2 x 4 cm wooden frame. - - - Picknick. 2004. 200 x 220cm. Watercolour and woodcut on Japanese paper mounted on a 2 x 4 cm wooden frame.

EDUCATION - Konstnarlig grundutb. Falun 1988. - The Art Students League of N.Y 1990-91. - Academy of Fine Arts (MFA) 1991-96. - Dramatiska institutet - University College of Film, Stockholm. Spring 1995. - Fine Arts & New Media. Goteborg.univ.1998-99. - - - RECENT SELECTED SHOWS - The 7th Biennal Of graphic art of the baltic states Kaliningrad - 2002. - Liljevalchs konsthall. varsalongen. Stockholm. - 2004. - Dalarnas Museum konsthallen. ‘Storytelling’ with Jonas Kjellgren.2004. Falun. - Studion 44 ‘storytelling part 2’ with Jonas Kjellgren.- 2005 Sthlm.Night of 1,000 Drawings. Artistspace N.Y.c. 2006

I´m working with large prints usually 2 x 2 meters. I always apply watercolour on a sheet of Japanese paper before I decide what kind of woodblock I will be using to complete the artwork. Before I start to make these huge prints I make approximately a hundred sketches to decide the form of the woodblock, a man, a big hand, an arrow,  a girl, an openfire or an animal. If I just want to make a simple symbol I do so, the clichés will be put together later on as a puzzle and than make some kind of sense to me.  The idea of making over two meter prints was simply that I wanted to see my small drawings in a bigger form (the way a film maker that makes small 36mm film into a widescreen movie experience). I’m using traditional working tools on MDF-board (similar to plywood) and a jigsaw to cut out the charcoal drawing, which I make on the board.