Mono portraits

I just rediscovered these in a box in my basement. I printed them back in 2001 when I was studying in Bergen. They're mono prints, basically just drawings in a thick, oily ink directly onto a plate of plexi glass, before squeezing them through a press. I still really like the textures, inaccuracies and immediate expression. And that two of the prints are almost the same, but not exactly. I have to make more prints, so nice to get the hands dirty!

Screen print

I did some screen prints over at Automaton recently. So nice to get a hands on printing experience again. I'm quite happy with the results too. Thanks to Graham for great help with the printing! I'm also posting some pictures of the first test of handcoloring.

SO LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR

This was originally a Skin project we sent in to a christmas paper design competition. It was selected as one of 10 show pieces, but never printed. However, a good chance for recycling it came through Tonje Høyberget, a friend of mine at the time designing Utflukt #3 – 2007, an Oslo based literature magazine. She needed an illustration for a conceptual piece called Grupper (Groups), where the author had isolated all the social groups mentioned in the annual televised speach by the Norwegian prime minister. Some small adjustments and a regrouping, and Voilá!

Birthdaycards for Granma

Based on some earlier drawings I still quite like…

Splatsh you!

Some splashwork from 2007:

birds chew too!

Some examples from a series of patches we sold at a market together with annas camping.

Last sketch 2007?

Here's a couple of photos of a sketch I'm doin, preparing for a painting. Gouache, pencil and markers on cardboard. Ride with me?