Some things cannot be replaced by anything else. Some things have to stay intact, as they are, and as they have always been.
My painting started when I was a young teenager, being captivated by the beauty of nature in the Norwegian mountains. I fell in love with landscapes right away. Through them I now seek to experience the pleasure of seeing a bit more like a child again. Some people think that children are less wise than adults. It is in some ways true, but in other ways it is very untrue. What children can do is to get completely immersed in the beauty of the moment and not rationalize it. As children we are sailors of the skies, we are completely immersed in the world of the mysterious. And I can not help but still remain captivated by that world that is somewhere just one step behind our ordinary life. As children we let our bodies melt into the glacier, we let ourselves slide from the mountain, we become one with them, almost as though we were merging with them. I have an intense love for nature, and that is why I a lot of times feel that I want to become it for a moment as well. It feels like a spiritual experience that reminds me of a knowing of what this world really is. Oftentimes my work provides me a relief from a sense of loneliness when I feel like the landscape greets me and reflects my feelings, but contains a sense of hope at the same time.
My work comes from a place of imagination or memory that is affected by imagination which I engage in in my free time. It comes from daydreaming, a desire to touch beauty and to get closer to the mysterious or unexplainable. I am drawn to anything I feel is intensely beautiful and I like to turn it into a place which can surround me, in which I can dwell.
I want others to see and feel the magic behind ordinary life again when they look at my work. I want them to feel connected to something higher. I want them to discover a sense of wonder for themselves, perhaps a quiet and peaceful hideaway, a solace.