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I began painting in 1995. My girlfriend at the time painted and I wanted to give it a try. I wanted to have something else on my walls at home, something I made myself and not posters like 'everyone' else. I gave my first painting to my grandmother. 'Oh, very nice' she said...and put it in her wardrobe. The painting never saw the sun again. Since that painting I have made > 100 other ones. I have learnt by experience how I must do. I am self taught. Painting is just a hobby of mine, my favourite hobby.
I am perhaps a bit single-tracked regarding the art I like myself. I prefer art where I can see what it is, i.e. art within the genre realism. I do not like such art where it is up to me as a beholder to interpret. Some critics have said 'what you do is trying to copy photos, one can just as well magnify the photo and put it on the wall instead'. Well, they are right. I will probably never reach that far, but if the painting in the end looks almost the same as the photo, then, in my eyes, I have succeeded. That is the challenge for me. It is my way of painting and what others think of this is of little interest. I do not paint for others, just to make some money. I paint because I enjoy it, immensely.
I sold my first painting in year 2000. Earlier I tended to give them away, even though they were commissioned work. I felt, and still do, it difficult to name a price, since I usually was very critical to the result. I am still very critical (an understatement), but friends and co-workers have convinced me that the paintings are worth selling. Why not believe them. Another good reason to sell is the lack of space - my house is not nearly as large as a castle...
Most of my paintings have been bought by people here in Sweden, where I live. It has been collegues or people who have seen my work on exhibitions or on this site. One can also find my work in the US, Finland, India, Norway and Japan.
