Artistic Approach:

I am an artist based on a peninsula in the middle of the Oslofjord in Norway, surrounded by water and trees. I have lived in Germany, Hong Kong and New Zealand before, but it’s been especially my time in the beautiful outdoors of New Zealand and Norway that have influenced my ecological art the most. 

I draw plants and animals with graphite, colour pencils and watercolours. Realistic drawing and focusing on the smallest details is the most joy for me. There is so much a passing eye often won’t recognise and I just love paying particular attention to this. That is also why I often take photos with my macro lens and really dive into the seemingly small, but actually enormous and wonderful world of insects as part of my artistic process. Sometimes I also enjoy bringing an element of fiction into my artworks when my inspiration leads me there.

Affiliations:

Signature Member: Artists for Conservation — https://gallery.artistsforconservation.org/artists/16799

Member: BASNZ - Botanical Art Society of New Zealand - 2019 to present

Education:

Illustrator, Graphic Designer and self taught artist

Exhibitions:

2021

May - ‘For the Love of Botanical’ - Space Studio Gallery, Wanganui

2020

'A Big Show of Little Botanical Works 2020' - Auckland

Tee Exhibition, Beautiful Things NZ, Auckland

Artists for Conservation 2020 VIRTUAL EXHIBIT and printed book, Canada

Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition - Australia

2019

Solo exhibition - Mairangi Bay Arts Center, Auckland

Tutors exhibition - Estuary Arts Gallery, Auckland

2018

Selected artist for the Botanical Art Worldwide exhibition, Auckland

2017

Thievery Studios, Auckland

Treelines - Cornwall Park, Auckland

2014

Damina Gallery - Group exhibition, Hong Kong

2009

Ufo Art Gallery - Opening exhibition, Hong Kong

2008

Deutsche Bank, Germany

Bedürfnisanstalt - Group exhibition