Tag Archives: being an artist
Behind the Scene
A peep behind the scenes. It is time to introduce you to Gerry In 2015 Gerry and I started this blog and in 2017 we held the first painting classes in Vence in France. Gerry looks after the catering and I am teaching. Everything else we do together. Gerry is Irish and currently lives in… Read More
Carolina Russo´s best tips for creative people.
How to stay creative Today I am happy to introduce you to Carolina Russo, who that I found on WordPress back in 2015 when I first started my blog, Since then I have following her artistic journey. Caroline is very creative in lots of different ways which make her special and interesting to follow.… Read More
Being an artist is like having 10 different jobs
I really like doing different things and using all sides of my skills. I love the things that I can do. I don’t have the same day over and over. (I never have 2 days the same) Being an artist is like having 10 different jobs and no fixed pay. As a profession, it is… Read More
How to stay creative- Talking creativity with Bente Helstrøm
This is Bente working in one of the studios in Matisse`s “Villa le Reve” in Vence France during my art retreat last spring. Talking creativity with Bente Helstrøm This time I am delighted to talk to fashion designer Bente Helstrøm. I first heard about Bente when I went to art college in Oslo. Bente arranged… Read More
How to stay Creative- The constructive critic versus the destructive inner critic.
We have a new artist in our studios. Hi, Today I have a new Artist interview with Gry Hege Rinaldo about creativity and her thoughts about the inner constructive critic versus the destructive inner critic. As you know my blog is about creativity and what is better than to get the advice of a professional… Read More
My last exhibition
I recently had an exhibition with another artist and friend from my studio, Cathrine Gilje. We had decided that the theme for the joint exhibition was flowers which could be from the garden, or in a park, or botanical garden, or even from a florist. Here is some of the work we did for… Read More
The highlight of 2017
There are just a couple of weeks left in 2017 and this is a great time to show you one of the major highlights of my year. I, with 10 of my students from Norway, had the most wonderful week in October, in the Côte d’Azur, in the south of France I had been wanting… Read More
Exhibition at HÅ Gamle Prestegard
Finally, I am back here to post about my new exhibition. Here are some photos from my exhibition that just opened last weekend, It was a joint exhibition with my two friends Cecilie Mossige and Gunn Tjensvold who are both from Norway and also with Karina Kazlauskaitė an artist from Latvia, and Shwan Dler Qaradaki how is an… Read More
Drawing the French Riviera from very old postcards.
Time travel with the jetset Hello summer and my friends! I will not hold your time for long. Even though it is summer, I am very very busy with several big art projects, and, I am trying to do yoga everyday! I have also taken a web class by Melyssa Griffin (She is a blog-social-media-Guru) that really helped to help me see… Read More
Creativity and mistakes
Hey everyone!Well.. just the other day I made a silly mistake. I pushed “publish” before I intended to and the post went out. Sorry about that!I saw what I was doing, but a 100 Milli sec to late. I tried to stop it…… but I had send it to all my mail subscribers. In art we… Read More
10 Artist hacks
How to be creative. “Art is theft” “Good artists copy, great artists steal” – Picasso. In art school we had a professor that said something like this: If you use one idea from someone else it is a copy, if you use three ideas from different artists and put them together your work becomes original.… Read More
The joy of sharing and collaboration.
Having fun and being free about your art work is not something you can control. It just happens if you are open, and we have to embrace it and take advantage when it occurs. The artist in The Artists Organisation in Rogaland has just celebrated its 80 years anniversary . I was lucky to participate in a book about the artists in the region. The book is an overview of the local professional artists. One thing I love about… Read More
Drawing something beautiful in my sketchbook
Here’s a couple of my sketchbook drawings from this weekend. I got some flowers and a pineapple at the supermarket. The flowers where on sale, they were going a bit sad, but I think it makes them more interesting to draw! I rarely draw studies for my paintings, but I sketch a lot, in fact, anything that is placed in front… Read More
Wonderful Awards
I am very proud to have be nomination for 3 Awards!!!! I have been awarded, nominated and now I will give a big Thank You to the two great and wonderful artists Carolina Russo And Mihaela Georgescu for some wonderful awards. Mihaela nominated me for the Creative Blogger Award. Carolina nominated me for The Starlight Blogger award and The Sisterhood of the World. Carolina has shown me what good blogging is and what blog networks can do and… Read More
How artists make a living and manage money. 3
In the last blog I talked about some ways that an Artist can earn a little money to pay the bills. This time I will talk about some more. Styling I have sometimes been doing interior and styling for projects when they like to have something untraditional like an upcycling style. This can be for… Read More
How artists make a living and manage money. 2
I really like doing different things and use all sides of my skills. I love the things that I can do. I don’t have the same day over and over. To help you aspiring artists what sort of a professional life you may have, here are some of the things I have done. They come… Read More
How artists make a living and manage money. 1
If you have talked to an artist, leaned over, head tilted, eyebrows raises in concern, and in a small voice asked: “How can you manage? How much do you make? Can you make a living doing art?” This post is for you! I’m insulted by most people’s prejudices regarding artists, almost as if they think that I… Read More
Great Little Cabin Out in the Woods
When we borrow a cabin from our friends, they leave us the key or tell us where the key is hidden. They expect you to be honest, and to clean really well after you so that its nice for the next people coming to stay. The cabin can be empty for weeks, so, when we go in,… Read More
10 ways to stay creative
Creativity block? Where’s my creativity gone? How I stay creative I have always been creative and always wanted to do work that is related to art and design, but sometimes I suffer from the dreaded creative block. It happens to all artists, everything is going well, it is fun it is great, you are floating and you forget to… Read More