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Gallopperiet - Stadens Museum for KunstGallopperiet -Christiania town's gallery were I exhibited my portraits in 2009.
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Thomas Kingo2007
Oil on Canvas
80x50cm
My first Christiania portrait. Thomas was one of the first Christianites I got to know.
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Kingo detail
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Thomas Kingo frameThe edge is made of a collage of art by artists the sitter liked.
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Tim Weaver2008
Oil on Canvas over board
Framed with found branches
66x90cm
I met Tim at the Christmas Market in Christiania. He won the hat he is wearing.
£1000/10.000kr -
Tim detail.Tim's portrait was the first to gain a frame - a frame so difficult to make that it spurred me on to make different frames for each person according to their personality.
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Grev Lyhne2008
Oil on canvas over board
Drumstick frame
104x80.5cm
I met Lyhne in Christiania's Opera building where he regularly performs
£1000/10.000kr -
Grev Lyhne close-upGrev Lyhne was so intense when I first met him I decided to use intense colour in his portrait. Among other things, Lyhne is a drummer.
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Jesper Sølling2008
Oil on canvas over board
Iron frame
60.5x86cm
Jesper is a bike mechanic.
£1100/11.000kr -
Jesper Sølling detailJesper has an angular face. I chose therefore to carve him out in paint using a pallette knife. I have yet to paint another portrait this way. The background is painted with a brush.
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Rink2008
Oil on Canvas over board
Boat wood frame
94x64cm
Rink was a fisher so I made his outer frame from boat wood.
£600/6000kr -
RinkThis painting was done in one sitting using one colour of oil paint and a cloth to wipe the paint off with.
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Frank - Double Identity, No Identity2008
Oil on canvas
Boat wood frame
119x107cm
Frank is half Greenlander, half Dane.
£1,000/10.000kr -
Frank detail
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Serminnguaq2008
Oil on canvas
Parasol wood frame
27.5cm2
Sketch of a lady from Christiania
£200/2.000kr -
Pia2008
Oil on Canvas
25cm2
Pia is half Greenlander
£200/2.000kr -
Johan2008
Oil on canvas
Worm eaten wood
58.5x83cm
Johan says he is royalty from a former life.
£600/6000kr -
Johan's frameThis worm eaten wood is made vulnerable and at the same time interesting by the decay.
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Johan Smiling2008
Oil on canvas
30x45
Johan sat with a beer and a big smile and I just had to capture it.This painting puts a smile on my face.
£190/1.900kr -
Leif Asterix Hamlet Botwel2008
Oil on Canvas
Rope frame
65x123cm
"Life is a spiritual process" Leif Asterix.
£1,100/11.000kr -
Leif Asterix close-upThe top Leif is wearing has many relevant words on it.
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Leif Asterix detailLife in progress, Therefore the painting is 'unfinished'
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Leif Asterix Botwel sketchI battled with this sketch until it became quite a detailed piece.
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Maja kartoffelpigen2008
Oil on canvas
Framed in found wood
84.5x89.5cm
Maja's frame was meant to have a potato imprinted on it, but it sold before I could complete it.
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Maja Close-upThe buyer passed away and the painting went to auction and is now in Germany.
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Maja detailMaja and two other girls were given the identities of "potato girls", because they moved into a house in Christiania that was tied up in controvery with the previous owner.
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Kaiki2008
Oil on Canvas
Painted found wood
31.5x40.5cm
A little boy whose father trades in Christiania's street
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Charlotte Smed2008
Oil on Canvas
Iron frame built by Charlotte
50x134cm
The background painting is based on Christianite painter, Henrik Schütze's work
£1000/10.000kr -
Charlotte Smed close-upHenrick Schützes painting was yellow where I painted it green. I made the change to help bring out the skin colour.
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Inge2008
Oil on canvas
91.5x61cm
My first impression of Inge was based on the contrast between her attire and the colourful fruit and veg she was selling.
£1000/10.000kr -
Inge close-up
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Inge - edge of frameInges gothic appearance makes a strong impression. I painted her over the edge of the canvas to create that impression of her being very close - almost confrontational.
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John Andersen2009
Oil and Graffiti paint on MDF board
154x80cm John is Christiania's local minister and joiner. He has Faith, Hope and Love for this Town
£1400/14.000kr -
John Andersen Close-upJohn is a visionary person. He once wrote an article where he compared hippie ideals to Jesus' message - hence the symbolism in the background.
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John Andersen doorJohn Andersen is a joiner. I therefore used joinery to make the panels behind which his portrait is found.
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The Art of Collaboration2009
Oil on canvas (curtain material)
350x215cm
Frame made of beams
This is a collaboration between passers-by, the pictured artist and myself.
£4,500/45.000kr -
The Art of Collaboration - close-upPassers-by were given access to spray paint and a large empty surface. Once filled with various motifs, Anders Schmidt who is portrayed here turned the chaos into a backdrop I could paint his portrait into.
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Anders SchmidtSomeone sprayed silver paint onto the canvas without permission, but it actually could come off with turps. I removed it from behind his head to bring back some of the vibrance of colour that it had hidden.
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Anders Schmidt handsI allowed some of the silver paint from underneath the figure to show through the hooded top. On the whole, the silver paint was a blessing in disguise.
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Anders Shmidt - tattooed legAnders is an airbrush artist, graffiti artist and tattooist. Some of the images on his leg are visible in the background graffiti.
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The Art of Collaboration - detailMany random people, young and old have been involved in making this painting. This is a close-up of some of the work produced.
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Theo Saxe Leslie2009
Oil on canvas
80cm2
Not technically from Christiania, but a frequent visitor during his final year at school.
£900/9.000kr -
Theo Saxe Leslie - detailAm young man with very intense eyes - gripped and merging with the cosmos
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Corrosion/Restoration2009
Oil on canvas
Frame made of found wood
130x90cm
This is not quite a self-portrait even though I am in it.
£1700/17.000kr -
Corrosion/Resoration detailThis painting represents my first and second impressions of Christiania
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Ida Klemann2009
Oil on Canvas and collage
Collaged frame
54x64cm
Christiania's bridge makes a pattern in the background.
£700/7000kr -
Ida Klemann close-upIda is a singer and activist having acted as a bridge between Christiania and the government. The choice of grey paint was to connect the portrait better with the documents pasted into the background.
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Ida Klemann - detailThe documents relate to the discussion about Christiania's future. The frame relates to Ida's solo album, End of Blue
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Laurie Grundt2009
Oil on Canvas
Paintbrush frame
55x75cm
Laurie Grundt is a Norwegian painter who resided in Christiania until 2009. A very charismatic character! -
Laurie Grundt - DetailSince Laurie was leaving Christiania and moving back to Norway, he let me make a frame for his portrait out of his very well-used paintbrushes.
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Acid Kim - A last glance2008
Oil on found canvas
Unravelling woolen frame
78cm2
Acid Kim passed away 5 months after I painted him.
£1,200/12.000kr -
Acid Kim - close-upKim confronts the viewer with his stare.
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Acid Kim's frameThis frame is made of wool that is unravelling, like his life was when I painted him.
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Leah in Christiania Mirror 2Translated, the words around the mirror literally read "You cannot kill us, we are part of you" -
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Leah in Christiania MirrorI made this mirror with words from a popular Christiania song above and below the mirror. They read "I kan ikke slå os ihjel, vi er en del af jerselv".