• Fine Artist Leah Robb
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  • Gallopperiet - Stadens Museum for Kunst
    Gallopperiet -Christiania town's gallery were I exhibited my portraits in 2009.
  • Thomas Kingo
    2007
    Oil on Canvas
    80x50cm

    My first Christiania portrait. Thomas was one of the first Christianites I got to know.

    Sold
  • Kingo detail
  • Thomas Kingo frame
    The edge is made of a collage of art by artists the sitter liked.
  • Tim Weaver
    2008
    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.
  • Grev Lyhne
    2008
    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-up
    Grev 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.
  • Jesper Sølling
    2008
    Oil on canvas over board
    Iron frame
    60.5x86cm

    Jesper is a bike mechanic.

    £1100/11.000kr
  • Jesper Sølling detail
    Jesper 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.
  • Rink
    2008
    Oil on Canvas over board
    Boat wood frame
    94x64cm

    Rink was a fisher so I made his outer frame from boat wood.

    £600/6000kr
  • Rink
    This painting was done in one sitting using one colour of oil paint and a cloth to wipe the paint off with.
  • Frank - Double Identity, No Identity
    2008
    Oil on canvas
    Boat wood frame
    119x107cm

    Frank is half Greenlander, half Dane.

    £1,000/10.000kr
  • Frank detail
  • Serminnguaq
    2008
    Oil on canvas
    Parasol wood frame
    27.5cm2

    Sketch of a lady from Christiania
    £200/2.000kr
  • Pia
    2008
    Oil on Canvas
    25cm2

    Pia is half Greenlander

    £200/2.000kr
  • Johan
    2008
    Oil on canvas
    Worm eaten wood
    58.5x83cm

    Johan says he is royalty from a former life.

    £600/6000kr
  • Johan's frame
    This worm eaten wood is made vulnerable and at the same time interesting by the decay.
  • Johan Smiling
    2008
    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 Botwel
    2008
    Oil on Canvas
    Rope frame
    65x123cm

    "Life is a spiritual process" Leif Asterix.

    £1,100/11.000kr
  • Leif Asterix close-up
    The top Leif is wearing has many relevant words on it.
  • Leif Asterix detail
    Life in progress, Therefore the painting is 'unfinished'
  • Leif Asterix Botwel sketch
    I battled with this sketch until it became quite a detailed piece.
  • Maja kartoffelpigen
    2008
    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.

    Sold
  • Maja Close-up
    The buyer passed away and the painting went to auction and is now in Germany.
  • Maja detail
    Maja 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.
  • Kaiki
    2008
    Oil on Canvas
    Painted found wood
    31.5x40.5cm

    A little boy whose father trades in Christiania's street

    Sold
  • Charlotte Smed
    2008
    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-up
    Henrick Schützes painting was yellow where I painted it green. I made the change to help bring out the skin colour.
  • Inge
    2008
    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
  • Inge - edge of frame
    Inges 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.
  • John Andersen
    2009
    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-up
    John is a visionary person. He once wrote an article where he compared hippie ideals to Jesus' message - hence the symbolism in the background.
  • John Andersen door
    John Andersen is a joiner. I therefore used joinery to make the panels behind which his portrait is found.
  • The Art of Collaboration
    2009
    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-up
    Passers-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.
  • Anders Schmidt
    Someone 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.
  • Anders Schmidt hands
    I 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.
  • Anders Shmidt - tattooed leg
    Anders is an airbrush artist, graffiti artist and tattooist. Some of the images on his leg are visible in the background graffiti.
  • The Art of Collaboration - detail
    Many random people, young and old have been involved in making this painting. This is a close-up of some of the work produced.
  • Theo Saxe Leslie
    2009
    Oil on canvas
    80cm2

    Not technically from Christiania, but a frequent visitor during his final year at school.

    £900/9.000kr
  • Theo Saxe Leslie - detail
    Am young man with very intense eyes - gripped and merging with the cosmos
  • Corrosion/Restoration
    2009
    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 detail
    This painting represents my first and second impressions of Christiania
  • Ida Klemann
    2009
    Oil on Canvas and collage
    Collaged frame
    54x64cm

    Christiania's bridge makes a pattern in the background.

    £700/7000kr
  • Ida Klemann close-up
    Ida 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.
  • Ida Klemann - detail
    The documents relate to the discussion about Christiania's future. The frame relates to Ida's solo album, End of Blue
  • Laurie Grundt
    2009
    Oil on Canvas
    Paintbrush frame
    55x75cm

    Laurie Grundt is a Norwegian painter who resided in Christiania until 2009. A very charismatic character!
  • Laurie Grundt - Detail
    Since 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.
  • Acid Kim - A last glance
    2008
    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-up
    Kim confronts the viewer with his stare.
  • Acid Kim's frame
    This frame is made of wool that is unravelling, like his life was when I painted him.
  • Leah in Christiania Mirror 2
    Translated, the words around the mirror literally read "You cannot kill us, we are part of you" -
  • Leah in Christiania Mirror
    I 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".
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© Leah Robb 2014