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I’m digging upp som old stuff from time to time. This one is from a scetchbook. I use to do allot of drawing in scetchbooks. It seems as waste to do it now except for when travelling. Not all of my work can be repeated. In the new drawings I suppose I can repeat myself to try to get it just right. Anyway, I prefer the single sheet as an art object. A book is allways somewhat secretive and private. The single sheet is unpretentious and accesible in most situations.

Three layers of white and blue washes. Nothing but temper here and the blue and white. I’m using that simple concept, white and blue layers with a thin brush, repeating it untill I’m satisfied.

A drawing from a series I made in 2006. Completely different from my current work. A pastell fixed with melted wax. The circle is drawn with graphite. Simple and childlike. I have to be in a peculiar state of mind to do stuff like this. Balanced and careless which I’m not allways at. The result is allmost accidental which in my view usually creates good work. I suppose the newer linear drawings are a struggle with this concept. A attempt to forge the rational with the gestural.

Ready for a new painting. A white and blue one initially is what I’m planning. Cereleuan blue and Titanium dioksyd white. I’m using wood. A 122×80cm piece mounted on a blind frame.