tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57027532406565082024-02-07T03:45:27.465-08:00collagepainterHelene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-27518401228195201382012-07-01T19:37:00.000-07:002012-07-01T19:47:26.849-07:00Bye bye Website:(<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My website yesterday... And below is how it looked this morning...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although I knew it was happening, it was still annoying to wake up to a black page, saying "MOBILE ME is closed", where my website used to be! I was well aware that yesterday was the last day of my website, but still! I suppose I'd somehow subconsciously hoped that it would have stayed the same. That I just could not make updates. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But nope, it is a b s o l u t e l y gone! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was a huge fan of IWeb, the program I had used building my site. Not sure why they chose to shut it down - perhaps I was the only one using it, and loving it? Who knows! I will have to build a new website in a new program in the future, but for now- this blog will have to do. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With a (relatively) new baby in my life, as well as a big move in the near future, I haven't found much time for making art lately, let alone building websites. So, it maybe a while before a new site is up and running! Until then, this page is it, and it is not actually a bad substitute! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-11312131533461116462012-02-18T20:39:00.001-08:002012-02-18T20:44:54.812-08:00Oh Baby!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8M-JsZ8gEUSRAEX8bt3h1tLwG-ymd66ry4KFgnfuxq__KooYvSOrJ5cAXJCbaJaw31yJLjM4x_Yqj44PTf4YOYNNdO4F19NEQowI1M2WurCYV8RndhlCNZDPZqZXu5gF1OL0-YwIfA/s1600/Untitled.001.tiff" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8M-JsZ8gEUSRAEX8bt3h1tLwG-ymd66ry4KFgnfuxq__KooYvSOrJ5cAXJCbaJaw31yJLjM4x_Yqj44PTf4YOYNNdO4F19NEQowI1M2WurCYV8RndhlCNZDPZqZXu5gF1OL0-YwIfA/s400/Untitled.001.tiff" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710702049824716930" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Bunny and Bear</span><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">My blog is cocooning at the moment, I know... What I haven’t shared, is the fact that I am pregnant - in week 40 - so I could give birth at any given time! Time has flown, and I am happy to say that for the most part, I’ve felt great. My energy levels have been down, and that is partly why my work has been on the back burner. But, as the person I am, I can’t entirely stay away from creative projects in one form or another. They’ve just chanced character, and have been rather baby and craft inspired. I’ve been handsewing various mobiles and toys in felt, and actually really enjoyed it. It has been relaxing, and giving me time and room for thoughts regarding this new chapter in our lives as parents. And then I suppose I thought it would be nice to give the baby a few personal, handmade items. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">We don’t know the sex of the baby, we wanted to keep it a surprise for the big day. Both my husband and I are new at this game, but everybody’s telling us that there will be very little time for anything else but B A B Y the next few months, and I believe it. So chances are that my blog will be snoozing for a little bit longer.... I do hope, however, that pieces of art news worth sharing, will pop up and make it to my blog... </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-10883695970033678622011-12-26T22:08:00.000-08:002011-12-26T22:30:10.390-08:00Max - the Blue Heeler!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMapeDmMlicUc_-OxHUSw68UIxfJg-cKTZegsJJe_R80jwscAutkdLmB-9k_Q252TMyO5L5s8_wXmCU9o7UvwADc5dyb-Ieq0NpClj4rzSgGYEhpUpNOqA_RmT4nCRWs3JoWIXHiiFg/s1600/PC210092.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMapeDmMlicUc_-OxHUSw68UIxfJg-cKTZegsJJe_R80jwscAutkdLmB-9k_Q252TMyO5L5s8_wXmCU9o7UvwADc5dyb-Ieq0NpClj4rzSgGYEhpUpNOqA_RmT4nCRWs3JoWIXHiiFg/s400/PC210092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690686544574292546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">This is my newest portrait - of <i>Max</i>, the Blue Heeler. It is my first painting since I got back to Guam (and actually my first blue heeler as well). I always really enjoy painting the pet portraits, and this one was no exception!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">I am very pleased to say that the customers were very happy with it as well. (the portrait was commissioned for a Christmas present!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">Max is currently living on Guam with his family, he loves food, and his favorite toys are these blue racquet balls. So they had to be somehow incorporated. I love this photo, it was the perfect image to use for the portrait. I guess this guy is well know for his goofy expressions, so this is a typical </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; "><i>Max-pression!:D</i></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxp87cW-0cWDYPj-S4bQ21dvDLIQdWaquFY-efM12nxx0XjxCgHIu_WiO5YBSP5Wqe0c8SF52yUPAudzkQQSHJbR2aNBaMtt-BYMrEYdMe-5Doeq4FmBbcgBHldZhKZVVanerNZBluA/s200/Max.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690686691989639682" /></span></div></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-58714740914041273352011-12-08T17:56:00.001-08:002011-12-08T18:20:56.192-08:00Back On Guam<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGH1aFR0ZALgSk5_vcrkcCoyd6qxVn77RuSZ-TuSbeNbGIXhTuruXiIr5xguSzKGLkby-CvBK9lEm8EcIK6u5MP858uvqNFP3lKq58bGe68-KGxbDtZMC1lblHgx8X-vpXRuMQ7_nouw/s1600/PC080077.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGH1aFR0ZALgSk5_vcrkcCoyd6qxVn77RuSZ-TuSbeNbGIXhTuruXiIr5xguSzKGLkby-CvBK9lEm8EcIK6u5MP858uvqNFP3lKq58bGe68-KGxbDtZMC1lblHgx8X-vpXRuMQ7_nouw/s400/PC080077.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683945876601428498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:78%;color:#666666;">My studio is currently on hold. Although I do still have everything ready for inspiration to hit...</span><br /><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">My blog has been a bit quiet lately. After a very busy year in Denmark, I am now back in the tropics, back on Guam. In the past few weeks I've had a few loose ends on the Danish side to finish before returning. And since arriving here, we have done very little other than unpack. But now we are finally settled back in, in new surroundings. Very little (if anything) seems to have changed here on the rock this past year.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"> And it IS in fact very nice to be back! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">We do live in another house (hence the <i>new surroundings</i>). So, my huge, light and stunning studio is no longer in existence. This house is a lot smaller, and with no real room for an actual <i>work room</i>. But that is okay in every way. As I have something else on my mind at the moment: I am pregnant, and that takes up a lot of my thoughts and mental energy. I am very excited about this new aspect of life...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I have kept my art supplies handy, and I am sure I will be working on various project, throughout the year. (- I do have a pet portrait to finish in time for Christmas) I will just work a little differently this time around. And this blog may change a little, take on a new form. And then again - maybe not. I'll have to see that happens in my work and in life...</span></div></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-23317752084292133262011-10-13T18:24:00.000-07:002011-12-08T18:40:31.163-08:00Huxi & Chico's Portrait!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l-C2h8ksHMG7qwRI2ZnuYIH3x2NooDMSMHzzk9ru9wDTvfV47HgQl6GXY3H2cEiTNorR7l-NHbVoIgP-Rd0bNZ2nIGl3Pszxr_ZAGQ14H771E0r5Egji1w7_w-BFJ9ZwXbOdnv0e0A/s1600/IMG_3627.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l-C2h8ksHMG7qwRI2ZnuYIH3x2NooDMSMHzzk9ru9wDTvfV47HgQl6GXY3H2cEiTNorR7l-NHbVoIgP-Rd0bNZ2nIGl3Pszxr_ZAGQ14H771E0r5Egji1w7_w-BFJ9ZwXbOdnv0e0A/s400/IMG_3627.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683949417792138050" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">As my very last project before leaving Denmark, I have worked on this pet portrait of Huxi and Chico.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">They are good friends of mine (as is their owner) and it was fun to make this portrait which became extra personal because I knew them all. And also because I was able to do the portrait in this vintage poster inspired style.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I have painted only a few boston terriers other than Playdoh, and it was interesting to do it again. Even though they look so alike in real life, painting them is different. You look out for the small details that make them who they are, and not JUST another boston terrier.</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">And pugs - what can I say - they are always both fun and challenging to paint.</span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">I was nervous showing the finished work (I always am) but they liked it a lot, and I got this photo from where it now hangs in the living room, on the huge, main wall. It looks like Huxi is content with his portrait as well.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div></span><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW9vwy8yXClfeNguO6vUKFDcYAYvxYDE5Z7f5no1TV4582eA3uzyQWUt8NANwuzBdSwCFYy5QlKvcNpdRR5Y4sMefWYxwhvG_y16p9shjo3zHszTY7g0uiXTP_BjKpyquI0SVQ0j1xA/s400/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683951231794666930" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-40844404263797503862011-10-09T18:58:00.000-07:002012-02-15T19:34:04.888-08:00Inspiration And New Ways...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HmX5ohNgKxqWHhGwGiOqC37jNE-Qgl5V_yfRV0qeQm0q_cU8JDiHjNSFzPY8gWv3XBJD8X9lw7lQSB4HkEixCLnpOvXHF39i_JRKA0T84PeUIxxDIzUAleCK8ZehYsmTT6AIVNP9Ww/s1600/IMG_3587.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HmX5ohNgKxqWHhGwGiOqC37jNE-Qgl5V_yfRV0qeQm0q_cU8JDiHjNSFzPY8gWv3XBJD8X9lw7lQSB4HkEixCLnpOvXHF39i_JRKA0T84PeUIxxDIzUAleCK8ZehYsmTT6AIVNP9Ww/s400/IMG_3587.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709566619033474610" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8gk45ml58ne9N-WrvLqF9HiCXNnLr271q0dDxcNGUT9YXMFCciYCRPEmdKAnzBpkzjMDwlbYXsIgNfCF6W3yeAWPtpfGroo-9M40iLBc5-w6AxxaTH6HvY5t1-gKB6BjPLyqw3UGXg/s1600/das+bild.001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8gk45ml58ne9N-WrvLqF9HiCXNnLr271q0dDxcNGUT9YXMFCciYCRPEmdKAnzBpkzjMDwlbYXsIgNfCF6W3yeAWPtpfGroo-9M40iLBc5-w6AxxaTH6HvY5t1-gKB6BjPLyqw3UGXg/s400/das+bild.001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709564727384629378" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"> Right: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size:x-small;">the finished painting.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;color:#666666;"> Below: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size:x-small;">my painting in various stages</span><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">When I packed up my bags for a week at the art school on the island, I really had no clue as to what to expect. I was very excited, and googled the paintings made by Maria, the teacher of the course. Her work was very intriguing, and I was curious to see that I’d take away with me. I brought along my usual materials, and prepared a few canvases - just in case. But in the back of my mind, I was hoping to be inspired in a new direction. And I did.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">For me, this week became a week </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">o</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">f thoughts. Of considerations, ideas and motifs. I spent the first day studying art books in the library. Going for walks in the stunning surroundings, while I though of my “art situation”. What did I want to say and express? Which stories did I want to tell? I had some really good talks with Maria. It was interesting to learn more about her work process, as well as hear her ideas as to what direction my work possibly could/might take.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I feel that everywhere I’ve lived, has added something new into my paintings. My year in Denmark has been a very busy and interesting one, showing work and making new work as well. I thought it would be great at this point, just before going back to Guam, to bring something new and concrete with me. Things to consider in the tropics, where I am really not expecting to make much work this time around. So Maria and I talked a lot about ideas and twists in visual storytelling. What makes a painting interesting and intriguing? Maria showed me her sketch books which were full of simple and often slightly bizarre ink drawings. From these coincidentally arose sketches, she’d (after filling out a whole book) pick out a few, and base a whole series of work from them. But first she would arrange a photo session to recreate the images with real people, often friends that would pose for the photos. I was inspired by this work method, although I probably would never work this way specifically. But learning how other people collect ideas, I find very interesting and inspiring. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">On our second day, Maria brought m</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">e and another fellow artist to the “red school”. A building that house another group of (very young) students. She’d already asked them if we could take some photos of them, and luckily they were a good sport.</span></span></p><div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Four girls helped us out, and we spent a good half an hour taking photos, have them pose in various ways, played with light/ shadows and angles. Basically just playing around with different ideas.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">We took a ton of pictures that we brought back to our studio and looked over. Out of all these countless photos, only one really caught my attention. I cropped it, so only two of the girls were to be in the painting. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">So later on, still on day two, I slowly started my painting, and this same piece was to keep me busy beyond the week. I went trough a lot of considerations during the process, tried various practical ways (suggested by Maria) to get the drawing onto the canvas, and all the time keep the details within the “frame of the photo”. I worked on the first portrait, and it was really coming along well. But the second one gave me all kinds of problems, I don’t know HOW many times I started over. It was never good, and since I was very happy with the first portrait, this was really frustrating. I talked to Maria, and we discussed my idea: to repeat the first portrait on the second person. That is what I decided to do. But, before I got to this point, the week was over, time to say good bye to everybody and pack up our things... </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">When I came home, the half finished painting were untouched for a while. I placed it in a spot where I would see it often, and suddenly I was ready to continue to work on it. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I like it now it's done. I feel it is different than my other work, yet I can totally see myself in it. But I don’t know if the break was a good thing. I think I would have worked better, had I finished it at one time. By the time I worked to finish the piece, I was getting ready to return to Guam, and had a lot on my mind. I guess I didn’t feel entirely a 100% into it, during the last part. A bit of a shame, but that was just the circumstances.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I did take a lot away from the course. Maria gave me tools and ideas to how I can continue my work, while also thinking of things to do, to move it in a new direction. Sometimes a push from an outsider is desperately needed. I’ve often found myself stuck in my own painting world, not being able to find a way out and look at it objectively. I think this is a very typical artist issue! </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:78%;color:#666666;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:x-small;">Below: the photo I worked from. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iC7dpbEY6YEyTkJnst8SGEin2-pQpypXsMVFFXeghLTHy8nP3iJsVmaOYJ6JNZT3AhArlPQvZN9oSwSzDvX29kCojWdBoRVS94vl3yiEl5Ew29EZk77kyx87XE9_Z8_WnaMOYyTBxw/s400/IMG_3331.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709563907504247266" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><div><br /></div></span></div><p></p></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-21093493970303175422011-10-09T10:59:00.000-07:002011-10-11T11:42:44.252-07:00Juried Show - Kunstforeningen Limfjorden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLseT6rQEdyy1iaS84xjQju85XAIWawTvIc3Ao6eaUgMWW-kLzGelO3uyFCltgGZTwEhusiWIahSQDDb5vhpZuDSVexR_xt3oQFBLx2Z_U9iHnbpYOWMWljro-CEPGle_Bj7x_HnqAkg/s1600/IMG_3536.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLseT6rQEdyy1iaS84xjQju85XAIWawTvIc3Ao6eaUgMWW-kLzGelO3uyFCltgGZTwEhusiWIahSQDDb5vhpZuDSVexR_xt3oQFBLx2Z_U9iHnbpYOWMWljro-CEPGle_Bj7x_HnqAkg/s400/IMG_3536.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662304094546656274" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx2753bZYzs3RHZyOOs1ArFEYCpwa_tqNJSmmksH6w578e8LLtyUfFkJwz8a7GA9zZ503G7i4XCUFNIHhDALtg0gmwpnF0jAI9R4GgDPOfL8wgl8eJNW44NjmdByc8-AVd57p_rqxhg/s1600/IMG_3539.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx2753bZYzs3RHZyOOs1ArFEYCpwa_tqNJSmmksH6w578e8LLtyUfFkJwz8a7GA9zZ503G7i4XCUFNIHhDALtg0gmwpnF0jAI9R4GgDPOfL8wgl8eJNW44NjmdByc8-AVd57p_rqxhg/s400/IMG_3539.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662302134506639314" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><span class="style">Kunstforeningen Limfjorden</span><span> (The Art Fund Limfjorden) hosts a jured art exhibition every fall in Struer, only a short drive from my hometown of Lemvig. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><span>I had work admitted back in 1998, 2001 and 2008.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; "><span style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;">This year I decided applied again, since I am in the area, and I was lucky enough to get one painting admitted in the show:)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;color:#313131;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><span style=" ">The private view was this past Saturday, Oct. 8th. The exhibition is open until November 6th. Here's a few photos from the opening.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><span style=" ">For more information:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; "><span class="style_1" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.limfjorden.com/efteraar.htm">http://www.limfjorden.com/efteraar.htm</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 18px; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;color:#313131;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DC7RElitBO7lM9LkbP1-8dq8QWhgHAgj_ifLaaS0aUz9nOp2Ab4Rjd4sC5_NXtCW2Zkhr9kV5a-Vj1rLlwclGkV1XSHqffiWPpIl280W_avLt968kXzPivkDkxk7qs3nh_0noNu4zA/s400/IMG_3540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662303256841544898" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:85%;color:#313131;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-20261968407839645652011-10-04T11:17:00.000-07:002011-10-04T11:34:48.034-07:00A week of cake, memories, art and thoughts...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGFRLTFYPhpYWb0Lby49NnKiA1jCWCkzPvGNYAllQA74bl26NpHlywOd62PhAwvMYUa-AO2ZtEI6zcLJRd-5L_TUIYJ8HxICt0jBAVVfrK_KbL1l2sWg2VDZSV3vcmXtCgx13NIuKLw/s1600/IMG_3404.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGFRLTFYPhpYWb0Lby49NnKiA1jCWCkzPvGNYAllQA74bl26NpHlywOd62PhAwvMYUa-AO2ZtEI6zcLJRd-5L_TUIYJ8HxICt0jBAVVfrK_KbL1l2sWg2VDZSV3vcmXtCgx13NIuKLw/s400/IMG_3404.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659703298855633250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:78%;color:#666666;">I took this picture last week. It looks identical to one I took in 1994!</span><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Well, I am back from an extraordinary week at my old art school. In so many ways, it was what I expected, but then just a bit better. (I am thinking it could have gone both ways: It may as well have been a disappointment.) It was certainly a trip down memory lane, but at the same time, I brought back a lot of new, useful </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">(and yet a bit confusing) mind material.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I was surprised how much there, is still the same. There are a few more houses, and a few extensions are build on to the school. The old printmaking room has changed into a Mac-filled graphics- and movie room... But the atmosphere, the pure sense of the place is EXACTLY the same as it was back then, 17 years ago. I couldn't help being happily, pleasantly surprised, and enjoyed my experience in this personal time machine. It was very sweet to see the old staff members, and be back on the island, with it’s sense of innocence, romance and good, old days. Tea and cake, brought to the various studios in little wood trolleys... Loved it!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Now, as back then, the school has a very contemporary and modern approach to art. It is essential to</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';"> the place, and such a contrast to the beautiful nature and surroundings. It hit me now, as it did back then.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">But also... on top of enjoying and taking in the place, I took a lot home with me as well. The course truly made me stop and think, and consider new ways and methods. I wasn’t sure how to prepare for the week, and (as somewhat expected) I didn’t need any of my preparation, I ended up working very differently to how I normally do. As I’d hoped, the teacher was great. Very good at understanding where I came from, and good at giving me some ideas on how to grow, and move on from there. I didn’t finish my painting during the entire week. Which I took as a sign of something moving, happening. I am still working on it, and I am hoping to return later to this blog, with the painting and the journey of it. (And believe me, it has been a journey!) </span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Great teacher, sweet fellow students, wonderful food, fantastic weather and new knowledge. What’s not to love?!</span></span></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-73829948729705436492011-09-17T09:34:00.000-07:002011-10-01T10:55:42.284-07:00Going Back In Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6K-iASUnCXmyLKx_qkwRYvQkAe45NvNpGausbIkVVTZJTo-XF-rgjJ-6sHPOY1CZwYCar-w242cwYRrNstlIGcEaCvJET6GPZsefU31yyNE_xe8jAzblWCXO5MtZ4OkiDz2_cKDAk9Q/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-16+at+2.36.54+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6K-iASUnCXmyLKx_qkwRYvQkAe45NvNpGausbIkVVTZJTo-XF-rgjJ-6sHPOY1CZwYCar-w242cwYRrNstlIGcEaCvJET6GPZsefU31yyNE_xe8jAzblWCXO5MtZ4OkiDz2_cKDAk9Q/s400/Screen+shot+2011-09-16+at+2.36.54+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658563648386074434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;color:#666666;">One of my photos of the school from back in 1994.</span><br /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Today and yesterday I have been packing. Yesterday mainly mentally, today in a more practical sense. Tomorrow I am leaving for a week, for a class on an art school in the south of Denmark. More specifically, on the small island of Ærø. The course is on portraiture and figure painting, and I am curious to know what I will bring home from this week.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">This school has a very special meaning to me, as I went there on a long course back in 1994. I haven't been back there since. I can't help thinking of the place as it was back then, in the mid nineties. I know perfectly well that it has changed, it must have - it's been 17 years... But I feel I remember every little nook of the place, the sense of the rooms, the views and the surrounding nature. I was really young then, I was a different person to the one I am right now. So I am excited to find out how the place will feel now. And then, naturally, I am really excited about this course, on many levels. To meet the teacher, the new people and the old staff from back then (yep, I've been told the kitchen ladies and the secretary are still the same good, old people:)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">What exactly I am hoping and expecting to take home with me is hard to say. Actually, I really don't know. I am mainly seeking general and broad inspiration and fresh mental air. And then I hope to get a few tips, new ideas and ways. If I am lucky, perhaps my work can be moved in some way, and aimed in slightly new direction. I've packed all my paints in a (fairly heavy) suitcase, and have brought a few brand new canvases in a bag. It is hard to come prepared when you don't now what to expect. But I've tried to come as prepared as possible. I sense that the course will be quite individual, and that suits me perfectly.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Ærø is (to put it mildly) a bit out of the way: train, bus, ferry, hours... Not quite as bad as going to Guam, but it feels like it on a tiny level, sitting here the day before. Travel fever and high expectations.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Link to the school's website:</span></p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://www.kunstaeroe.dk/">http://www.kunstaeroe.dk/</a></span></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-55120442139120996912011-09-09T05:02:00.001-07:002011-09-09T05:29:40.059-07:00<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhMiOk_xaaudqOO119WrC1sWvckh4_M8p3LsuZu_fSCTOIi-rAEvI6L5MKFa-JJScsnCQa4t-AP321V1cB_aSoHYnWyAC_djppdKZHZ7vVJrKK-oGqU3kzc_jj9nLTz7jhsksBM2ChQ/s400/Sveske.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650333291956253330" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16qcH2P1Hs0IoqPwgKxTXJ9XU_5YSPDyRv5CfZQlo1JOtmBZmZFMR83Qe7oIc2Y-HeGFqZWtMop1sx8f8EkdNBG3QoLJEVFSZK-JraqrweQyAzRHIRAbbwagrHUxSKFDeARYQsSDu-A/s1600/IMG_0027.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16qcH2P1Hs0IoqPwgKxTXJ9XU_5YSPDyRv5CfZQlo1JOtmBZmZFMR83Qe7oIc2Y-HeGFqZWtMop1sx8f8EkdNBG3QoLJEVFSZK-JraqrweQyAzRHIRAbbwagrHUxSKFDeARYQsSDu-A/s200/IMG_0027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650333483345508706" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Well... once again - a pet portrait! Actually even two of them. This is Sveske and Vanilla, my first two cairn terriers. And mother and daughter as well.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Their owner gave me some ideas as to what she'd like, and this is the result. I always really enjoy the part of talking to the owner and gather all the information about the pet - all the little goofy anecdotes. Those are what make me able to paint a personal portrait, which (hopefully) fit both the owner and the animal. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 16.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">In these paintings, I particularly like the fact that one is a head shot, and the other full figure.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I used rawhide in the background of Sveske’s portrait ( a big hit with her!) and on Vanillas portrait, I used images of the actual sandal that she loves to chew. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 18.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I was very excited to send them of to the owner, who was very pleased with the result:)</span></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJQ46jIfUNcoBqWv2Zwunih6BgwDur00Jn_QFSuVlFxnOmWC9qGn6zlB719C9jOtraRWFUatqFQKxgNxK4chKgaee_AmEWkghcVDARbR4xQVD-JMhRW_CNnd0OO1yM4dmWuB7SFZVmA/s1600/Vanilla.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJQ46jIfUNcoBqWv2Zwunih6BgwDur00Jn_QFSuVlFxnOmWC9qGn6zlB719C9jOtraRWFUatqFQKxgNxK4chKgaee_AmEWkghcVDARbR4xQVD-JMhRW_CNnd0OO1yM4dmWuB7SFZVmA/s400/Vanilla.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650331136765556178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHid7U-6ZaFQZTwn5NxRC9E3SDakP-gnE655nvQ_jRqTgIfNkq_x-joik1GLc2fFH2WjtwQJg5aTthM3i3ImuhYALUSkdAAMTC1c646nJ617ZUMVgnO2FI2IEzMjh0iUvjmjutT2PvYQ/s1600/IMG_0031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHid7U-6ZaFQZTwn5NxRC9E3SDakP-gnE655nvQ_jRqTgIfNkq_x-joik1GLc2fFH2WjtwQJg5aTthM3i3ImuhYALUSkdAAMTC1c646nJ617ZUMVgnO2FI2IEzMjh0iUvjmjutT2PvYQ/s200/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650330945064416914" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 16.0pxcolor:#313131;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p><p color="#313131" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p><p color="#313131" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 16.0px"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAM87AX2QY3NqcVUj1YZl1TxLdkUOCpU0C6X18nTk4MRusa4t1-kf8yVtR4Yubg0ukBaVJpigrH_EQIpMtX4zHPPX2t_Hae-fKsY7Crl5Nr9SYpYIe3AZZ9nV8zbHxziXNkOUma4GNw/s1600/Sveske.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-70992259957576103872011-08-11T09:40:00.000-07:002011-08-17T05:02:16.411-07:003 x pugs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNJx0NRNYxQfJ0ik1b0ocz35UiWDJXhqixGzvlrSwVXyd8p6NUjwiO1FRUVkl-3AX_RFefJ7O-MnMZOCeqgj8J26I_VCULbr6tyLzSolYHjO5wo5jbBSLXK-f4Dqj0iD20CVd8f3-YQ/s1600/ascb.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNJx0NRNYxQfJ0ik1b0ocz35UiWDJXhqixGzvlrSwVXyd8p6NUjwiO1FRUVkl-3AX_RFefJ7O-MnMZOCeqgj8J26I_VCULbr6tyLzSolYHjO5wo5jbBSLXK-f4Dqj0iD20CVd8f3-YQ/s400/ascb.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639639436516335650" /></a>Looking at my blog, I see that my last three posts have been about dog portraits.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;" >I suppose for me, it really HAS been the summer of the pet portrait. I still have a couple of blank canvases in my studio, meant for yet another portrait.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">This is a triple pug portrait I just finished. And like Kosha's portrait, I used vintage wall paper for the background. In this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">painting, I think the wall paper in brown nuances was just perfect, next to the light, beige dogs.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Underneath is the photo I worked from:</span></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsqDz-TxlzP6JRrDwE1tC43O-hfSD87VwUhakWX8dPP8CqyCVD_2GmBlpW1Zs82hfKCQc8qjdQy0G-1ugTD0UnE_TbCdWY9FwZLKmhvW5hazNq4KKVsa_WixuzyhSAyL8nMR9ffRQ-Q/s200/mops1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639642078694214562" /></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-67034104486996485452011-07-04T05:15:00.000-07:002011-07-04T05:23:02.269-07:00Winston's Portrait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UH2PzS5UmqB1sjBTNL6Yk9vXawtrf9tH128y7__aRWqiPDhlpdBNoOe3XrB3UwiwVwxl_giUR6sXDltCV0xfJRY1q5Ywx0zVc5Ks4Fxg_PPw_m9IcwQV-l9lsNXRgSHp7c2MyaGPZA/s1600/IMG_2700.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UH2PzS5UmqB1sjBTNL6Yk9vXawtrf9tH128y7__aRWqiPDhlpdBNoOe3XrB3UwiwVwxl_giUR6sXDltCV0xfJRY1q5Ywx0zVc5Ks4Fxg_PPw_m9IcwQV-l9lsNXRgSHp7c2MyaGPZA/s400/IMG_2700.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625471031338123362" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div>My newest portrait - this is Winston, a beautiful boxer. The painting is for a birthday present, and will very soon be shipped to Utah, where winston lives with his family.</div></span></span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWL7t_jJeEEN73ZnLWCXb4urZYldXfEllZkdTR9zpfke9nouv5tkbfLAMkYUHbEO2vqUr7jP2oKKza7nn3hIDr0qLcLvhBMc8x1R760GeShZPwGfJWOhG4kOR2wUEqxk-PWLHszcExg/s200/Flinging+the+bee+ey+ell+ell%252C+27+Oct+07+015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625471322165671634" />Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-83778502655137283262011-06-19T04:54:00.000-07:002011-06-19T05:03:54.928-07:00Kosha's Portrait<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N9pP2YwmbdNnIDUZzcdcEcJvInUV-TRrcJR20bDLYPWB3UfvmsMEDgxkqVJzt_IfTzUxdEjbHFeq9oigGP5oUw_A4iWBSuIr_rQduVgzWIXVNGt-qGcbhQpa5GQArVUIlFfuZUS1ag/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-30+at+12.09.05+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9N9pP2YwmbdNnIDUZzcdcEcJvInUV-TRrcJR20bDLYPWB3UfvmsMEDgxkqVJzt_IfTzUxdEjbHFeq9oigGP5oUw_A4iWBSuIr_rQduVgzWIXVNGt-qGcbhQpa5GQArVUIlFfuZUS1ag/s200/Screen+shot+2011-04-30+at+12.09.05+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619899257192937362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH401jTNY_JAWKXWnnka8wnAaO57fQGIGyzQJWRMaibQ-AfJ3jme0ps__uqVlK8F5xBQYuksc5VT4hyphenhyphenhhJFeroOlsh_fBkppOJiw8weCiS3P9FdU9yXjuUbn_q42aiNdnpBTp3NW9-g/s1600/IMG_1807.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH401jTNY_JAWKXWnnka8wnAaO57fQGIGyzQJWRMaibQ-AfJ3jme0ps__uqVlK8F5xBQYuksc5VT4hyphenhyphenhhJFeroOlsh_fBkppOJiw8weCiS3P9FdU9yXjuUbn_q42aiNdnpBTp3NW9-g/s400/IMG_1807.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619898954798752354" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div>Today, a man named Colin in WA, is being given this portrait of his dog Kosha, a husky/ yellow lab mix.</div><br />I worked on the portrait during the month of May, sent it of, and I got an email from his sister (who initially commissioned the portrait) that it had arrived safely. Such a relief. It always feels a little sketchy, mailing paintings around the world.<br /><br />It will be a birthday present from his extended family, and I just absolutely cross my fingers that Colin likes it, and feel that he truly sees his dog in it.<br />He lost Kosha recently, and was (of course!) absolutely heartbroken. I guess that is where my role can be a delicate one, as you want to (-and have to-) portray the essence of the pet. I am always a bit anxious when I am showing the portrait to pet owners. They are the ones who know the dog or cat, and the most important thing is that they recognize their pet in it. Usually I work with the customer during the process, but in different ways. Some give me complete freedom to follow my idea, where as others prefer to have more to say in the choice of color, background, etc.<br /><br />It has been a little while since I worked on a pet portrait, but as always, I have enjoyed the process. What is slightly different about this portrait, is that I used wall paper in the background. A technique I normally reserve for my other work, the collage paintings. But I do like the way it turned out, and expect to keep experimenting with colors, patterns and texture in the future.<br /><br />Happy Birthday Colin!</span></span>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-49027493867819045992011-06-18T01:46:00.000-07:002011-06-19T01:56:17.180-07:00Back from Barcelona<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qe0O9JJgmQcAPCqApSMHaipa8fEQcB92vqKfcMLIzYcAAJlG4KALUpmj_YdmgyiVE8LDd1yA3zbVREGE5lAf21qY7PSjYM1w9Gmof2IQlN8n4I6Wym0pnPlTs-eRXTGGnlthZCKD1g/s1600/IMG_2426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qe0O9JJgmQcAPCqApSMHaipa8fEQcB92vqKfcMLIzYcAAJlG4KALUpmj_YdmgyiVE8LDd1yA3zbVREGE5lAf21qY7PSjYM1w9Gmof2IQlN8n4I6Wym0pnPlTs-eRXTGGnlthZCKD1g/s400/IMG_2426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619850183412352242" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A cup of tea in a little cafe in Barcelona.</span></span></span><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I’ve just returned home after 17 days in barcelona. It was vacation, and I was meeting my husband there. It has been two great weeks, in every way.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love to travel, to sense a new place: the culture, the people. I enjoy feeling the pulse of the city. Barcelona is a cornucopia of art and culture, and I’ve tried to take in as much as possible. My moleskin book is full of new notes and thoughts, and we have visited little great places: galleries, bookstores, artsy clothing stores... I’ve collected postcards, pictures, business cards for multiple reasons: for possible later contact, because they were interesting or aesthetically pleasing. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I feel that I am taking small parts of Gaudi, Dali, Picasso home with me, as well as parts of the Barcelona atmosphere. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A little over a year ago I went to Honolulu. <a href="http://collagepainter.blogspot.com/search/label/Honolulu%20Academy%20of%20Arts">I wrote a blog about it</a>, and I remember how much I truly NEEDED it. Needed city and culture, the lights and just simply watching people. Living on Guam for a longer period does that to you. In some ways I felt that I was getting up for air in Honolulu, so I could go back to guam, and continue my life there “under water”.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This time was very different. I didn’t feel cultural deprived, instead it was an great, added bonus. The main purpose was seeing my husband, after a long time apart. I loved every moment of it. And I would suggest a visit to Barcelona to anyone. It is a stunning city that has it all: art, beaches, mountains, history and amazing architecture. And so much more. Just do not go there expecting polite service and friendly locals. It is a cold city if you don’t speak Catalan or Spanish (which we do not!)</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Naturally, there are some great people out there, we were lucky to meet a few, but they are few and far between. Or perhaps you just have to get to know them. I don’t know...</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; min-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Back to reality, to work, and hanging a show - private view this coming Tuesday. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-50307119714442352652011-06-05T05:21:00.000-07:002011-06-19T05:30:53.180-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaYPXVsHYZCO6ooyqETHggW7vmNt6lgAFwAyGEGC0eG3mienp21fmbfo-8tykyERuOJUqzO_k-JL9yq1yh7RjYxomaXBMwEA8ENaIaB7lXrFezXBpNz4fA1XTTq6YPUPW4xNyJ4s2UQ/s1600/IMG_2347.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaYPXVsHYZCO6ooyqETHggW7vmNt6lgAFwAyGEGC0eG3mienp21fmbfo-8tykyERuOJUqzO_k-JL9yq1yh7RjYxomaXBMwEA8ENaIaB7lXrFezXBpNz4fA1XTTq6YPUPW4xNyJ4s2UQ/s400/IMG_2347.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619905514199256722" /></a><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today, Sunday June 5th., Lemvig Dyrskue (<i>Lemvig County Fair</i>) is happening. As part of the fair, Bovbjerg Fyr (<i>Bovbjerg Lighthouse</i>) has arranged an art auction. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://collagepainter.blogspot.com/2011/02/private-view-in-bovbjerg-lighthouse.html">(This is where I showed work back in February.)</a> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">They’ve asked artists who have previously had art shows there, to donate a piece of art for the auction. I have donated one of my small women studies, titled “Stockholm”.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Best of Luck to <a href="http://www.bovbjergfyr.dk/">Bovbjerg Fyr</a> - I hope they’ll manage to raise a lot of money - it is for a great cause. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; min-height: 17.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-8186332439244934772011-05-25T18:39:00.000-07:002011-12-07T18:47:48.023-08:00Student Art Exhibition<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">We all felt it would be great to if the student’s pet portrait could be on display somewhere for a while, to get them out in the world! I was thinking that perhaps the local veterinary clinic may be interested - that would be a great and obvious choice. I gave them a call, and luckily they really liked the idea. So, we went there today, a couple of students, teachers and I, and hung the 12 paintings around the waiting room. Since I saw the paintings last, they had even framed them very nicely, and they looked great and colorful on the white walls.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">So, this fine work will be on view at <a href="http://www.degulesider.dk/de-gule-sider/Lemvig/10147265/Dyrlægegruppen+Vestjylland+ApS/">Dyrlægegruppen Vestjylland</a> until the beginning of October.</span></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVxjdTMOlVDODfF1PJCcvy0d7CbbG7iKs4ZNlfnO4fiCeM6ImjvcmeIuAZ7NStvJJYBiQVd36GbbFwRWYDrrqgPNGczNMfLRidoBs6EMrLLYvr-5dePFNnPNXtScGSt7qaYV-ovHK4g/s1600/IMG_1880.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVxjdTMOlVDODfF1PJCcvy0d7CbbG7iKs4ZNlfnO4fiCeM6ImjvcmeIuAZ7NStvJJYBiQVd36GbbFwRWYDrrqgPNGczNMfLRidoBs6EMrLLYvr-5dePFNnPNXtScGSt7qaYV-ovHK4g/s400/IMG_1880.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683582567888228402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rijYQbRWRj7AzmDbcbtw_QSRDyHfVKCXKWXpAeVZMzDiER91uA45cFKKXbEshIzKDIfMuB7odaV0necewyZMFT3Ip3TqjecR8DLsMP42DeGIPmCp-c-dT5ZHfLvCAiC3WvuMkrDpZg/s1600/IMG_1885.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-rijYQbRWRj7AzmDbcbtw_QSRDyHfVKCXKWXpAeVZMzDiER91uA45cFKKXbEshIzKDIfMuB7odaV0necewyZMFT3Ip3TqjecR8DLsMP42DeGIPmCp-c-dT5ZHfLvCAiC3WvuMkrDpZg/s400/IMG_1885.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683582401527242850" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdZcuQFOhOSE4yKegqhYdSk5mWNR03IQvIRfy3KVUlE7O3ng7HXhDSqCk1my_1yhL7gWV5aTaqoMKwHTRYiALhwIBSpwxloMDtyharBT02XwlVg89VIACdwp6MNq2sBiADlshmTr6Aw/s1600/IMG_1890.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWdZcuQFOhOSE4yKegqhYdSk5mWNR03IQvIRfy3KVUlE7O3ng7HXhDSqCk1my_1yhL7gWV5aTaqoMKwHTRYiALhwIBSpwxloMDtyharBT02XwlVg89VIACdwp6MNq2sBiADlshmTr6Aw/s400/IMG_1890.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683582194730026674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlooyDUAQ6Yk7WBPDsSmZbouIz5Jo6qqOb2A9hjDeO7XCn0qSq5p_wXbUlGi9NCTxit3D98FinPPFQfnfmymiJouORwved6ggJ83MdNM6dGG7A208QDDUz-1NU0wstp7AR1O0vftz0A/s1600/IMG_1891.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlooyDUAQ6Yk7WBPDsSmZbouIz5Jo6qqOb2A9hjDeO7XCn0qSq5p_wXbUlGi9NCTxit3D98FinPPFQfnfmymiJouORwved6ggJ83MdNM6dGG7A208QDDUz-1NU0wstp7AR1O0vftz0A/s400/IMG_1891.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683581943475123970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HEAVSf4rr3aYwF9eGKQYYxqEv5njWViJuJRHcabqAY49sGW8ZA7wnidL1jqkZq2Mw2uSNhoU_dNA6r4CgyvFx3gaDl2mDxaWHs85kVdaZxU2lVcoyB2sSaCxchevaMRZ1YEtWept6w/s1600/IMG_1882.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HEAVSf4rr3aYwF9eGKQYYxqEv5njWViJuJRHcabqAY49sGW8ZA7wnidL1jqkZq2Mw2uSNhoU_dNA6r4CgyvFx3gaDl2mDxaWHs85kVdaZxU2lVcoyB2sSaCxchevaMRZ1YEtWept6w/s400/IMG_1882.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683581755552739730" /></a>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-3021733468270286972011-05-19T13:28:00.000-07:002011-05-19T13:38:58.261-07:00My Improvised Studio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxpjJkYrhqoQhz1rAN71XB-hoRwwzbRx5EYrZim1yXzrCLmV1ZsWSA_CMICRict74mRxfzLDaR90ztCYb2MMxaumGfX3Y4V2QKfAbiFX5tkMblTcJQFkYm_dlj7rOCvhTr13b97DkbA/s1600/IMG_1745.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxpjJkYrhqoQhz1rAN71XB-hoRwwzbRx5EYrZim1yXzrCLmV1ZsWSA_CMICRict74mRxfzLDaR90ztCYb2MMxaumGfX3Y4V2QKfAbiFX5tkMblTcJQFkYm_dlj7rOCvhTr13b97DkbA/s400/IMG_1745.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608527581864831346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My improvised, borrowed and very stunning studio.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">A while ago I was contacted by the local TV station (<i>TV Midtvest</i>), they asked to come visit me for an episode of their cultural series </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Nærbilleder</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">. They wanted to look at my work, as well as the work of another painter, (Niels Steen Sørensen) who paints strong, masculine bulls, among other subjects. The focus was feminine/ masculine art.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I was very excited, but also a bit nervous about the whole thing. I had never been filmed before, and wasn’t sure how I would react. But obviously I said YES, anything else would have been crazy! </span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; min-height: 19px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">My situation is a bit strange: I am only in Denmark for a year, and so I don’t have the perfect work conditions. I have made it work, but it really was not suitable for TV. So I started to think a bit creatively. A couple of friends of mine live in a beautiful house in the country side. During Easter I was at an event at their house, they had just refinished an old garage. It had been turned into a nice white room, with a raw wood ceiling. It had huge windows, with a view of the water. Basically, it couldn’t be better! </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I asked if I could borrow the room for the filming, they said yes - and thanks to them, their help and kindness, I had the best surroundings possible to present my work.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; min-height: 19px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">These are pictures from this beautiful space. My improvised studio. I have amazing friends, and feel very privileged.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">To watch the show - please click this link:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Optima; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><a href="http://www.tvmidtvest.dk/nettv/?id=6341"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">http://www.tvmidtvest.dk/nettv/?id=6341</span></a></span></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-14042528973549206232011-05-04T18:06:00.000-07:002011-12-07T18:20:38.380-08:00Back To Teaching<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">It has been a little while since I have been teaching art. In the past I’ve taught at a few art museums in Wasington state, and later on, I started teaching kids on my own, while we lived in New Jersey. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Now being back home, I was given the chance to teach an art course at Rom Skole, an old elementary school, now changed into a work and school center for mentally challenged and/or disabled adults of all ages. From the moment I stepped foot in the building, I liked the atmosphere. The rooms were light and open, and the communication very friendly. One of those places you just enjoy being at.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">During a few initial meetings, we decided that my project should be inspired from some of the work I do myself, and the pet portraits seemed like a good and logical choice. I went home to prepare the course, the project. My first day was actually my birthday, and we got off to a very good start. The project as a whole, took a month, working only two days pr. week. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">I truly enjoyed every day there. I taught a small group of only eight students. Everybody worked well, and were really helpful and courteous. It was a real joy. I also sensed that they were quite proud of their work, which made me vary happy, and I had no doubt we’d chosen the right subject matter. We started out with dogs, cats and horses, and as we had a few canvases left over, and extra time, we widen the animal subject span, and were suddenly painting zebras, parrots and monkeys. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color:#564219;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;">Here’s the collection of the final pieces, as well as a few “work in progress” photos: </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 9.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Baskerville; color: #564219; min-height: 16.0px"> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z9vk3KiKQtmR_zL78ws97JS74niD0Ufp7RmjfUquhep7Zb4lldznBqp0ssBsAwWXSmDuYVIRSpeqgLAWgKwGjdM3qrGI7RrCsNw59KjbklK6k1ZpAV9QxLIRINJNQ7RhuZRzhEOfwA/s1600/Untitled.001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Z9vk3KiKQtmR_zL78ws97JS74niD0Ufp7RmjfUquhep7Zb4lldznBqp0ssBsAwWXSmDuYVIRSpeqgLAWgKwGjdM3qrGI7RrCsNw59KjbklK6k1ZpAV9QxLIRINJNQ7RhuZRzhEOfwA/s400/Untitled.001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683575780053747170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5JxTzmQuljWW1PYr7YyqWcp3Dcp42naRhE3TJ9spaN1tX948e4PDasgKUBXvDIXymjZJ6M2o-A489E0NQ8tBAKe2ZVjbq1V4r-RENfCYUUhEndw-Tbx6vTrmgCdUkCiChQc9nu4XeQ/s1600/IMG_1546.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5JxTzmQuljWW1PYr7YyqWcp3Dcp42naRhE3TJ9spaN1tX948e4PDasgKUBXvDIXymjZJ6M2o-A489E0NQ8tBAKe2ZVjbq1V4r-RENfCYUUhEndw-Tbx6vTrmgCdUkCiChQc9nu4XeQ/s400/IMG_1546.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683575610421357666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I3C2IBuvDz9VtlXJ34ZvrsMlJe4eNdP3PR08wKDr_RIWrizW30dBzM8MctrmR1hGMK9HKwO3-xcRe-oPGshhTz_pNzeAcuvMWYVh0dN1dOxek73q72OwzYjqtGu1B1G4lZDWiZ8V6w/s1600/IMG_1544.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3I3C2IBuvDz9VtlXJ34ZvrsMlJe4eNdP3PR08wKDr_RIWrizW30dBzM8MctrmR1hGMK9HKwO3-xcRe-oPGshhTz_pNzeAcuvMWYVh0dN1dOxek73q72OwzYjqtGu1B1G4lZDWiZ8V6w/s400/IMG_1544.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683575403092292370" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3V23KZpKkEZ530PZepEtf_79xTp6OMgJBlCnEOBGREiKMY0eunnwUyTKpcL9wO___TXNCSvvJEPZ2keApFUT5r8SzkaJ_mvuoTjjbFPw2CxYXb1yAmgkpq7BZnGQ3pgIy-25qe5mhiA/s1600/IMG_1363.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3V23KZpKkEZ530PZepEtf_79xTp6OMgJBlCnEOBGREiKMY0eunnwUyTKpcL9wO___TXNCSvvJEPZ2keApFUT5r8SzkaJ_mvuoTjjbFPw2CxYXb1yAmgkpq7BZnGQ3pgIy-25qe5mhiA/s400/IMG_1363.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683575187860862930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCAb2VjJcTOwfS1vxqShOl5N_yYYdhERe-KFiscB1QrApxDQiNOIFYMM8OQ5MCmVbr9_4MKhF49YlNZcGNJaUTPatjrj7Pzs2L25Ge_Azb-EKEAVOulvDS5hxDPwkRaNJG05DMnB1lQ/s1600/IMG_1353.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCAb2VjJcTOwfS1vxqShOl5N_yYYdhERe-KFiscB1QrApxDQiNOIFYMM8OQ5MCmVbr9_4MKhF49YlNZcGNJaUTPatjrj7Pzs2L25Ge_Azb-EKEAVOulvDS5hxDPwkRaNJG05DMnB1lQ/s400/IMG_1353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683575023498046434" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7fwW08P5F84HHzDUL4H3lydHhqQYWiLAorhmQJdxCrk3ANDw_yWfOrl_x2EWSwYIbhWx3BXB0zIvgz52_DIDG2xST2agNDLtT6Z852EIJvQuTlOk_2C_3nqn-jDPFEYORwnMCQLQQg/s1600/IMG_1349.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7fwW08P5F84HHzDUL4H3lydHhqQYWiLAorhmQJdxCrk3ANDw_yWfOrl_x2EWSwYIbhWx3BXB0zIvgz52_DIDG2xST2agNDLtT6Z852EIJvQuTlOk_2C_3nqn-jDPFEYORwnMCQLQQg/s400/IMG_1349.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683574804100295042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xikGX1Ngt3AkWZnbS0um6EtmdicbA1We7TQd_cVyBCp425JWXpbjDqEaFuNSo3hntBCCMVvDqOlsEFYk1WN8bWHdch3ojU77Dht88E5TXuR8rvToStcm691Zxxm95WKA95izp0hXUQ/s1600/IMG_1348.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xikGX1Ngt3AkWZnbS0um6EtmdicbA1We7TQd_cVyBCp425JWXpbjDqEaFuNSo3hntBCCMVvDqOlsEFYk1WN8bWHdch3ojU77Dht88E5TXuR8rvToStcm691Zxxm95WKA95izp0hXUQ/s400/IMG_1348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683574631067947058" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Baskerville; color: rgb(86, 66, 25); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-51070336628022372132011-04-16T09:45:00.000-07:002011-04-17T11:58:05.995-07:00Pictures from the Private View<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvrglDjE8ATtexvSKxxc7GIKHwltgbt9QQDSPyzYm_w_79v0oMLPqOIJhmDWPC5E70RTN3Eo9O3UwzxDj1WxWp7U-v69k6eSQvk_-huvN31G9YT4icAG3PL6tYoBZKP3Qcp1EdDf1Fg/s1600/IMG_1417.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvrglDjE8ATtexvSKxxc7GIKHwltgbt9QQDSPyzYm_w_79v0oMLPqOIJhmDWPC5E70RTN3Eo9O3UwzxDj1WxWp7U-v69k6eSQvk_-huvN31G9YT4icAG3PL6tYoBZKP3Qcp1EdDf1Fg/s400/IMG_1417.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596231284804869250" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photos from the Private View this morning</span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9wfkMfTnpl9zVjmWwIQNoQWZQRjECnf8t0VaI7DQhOuFCO_o6QmV2RTEZ2UXgglZkM59DnI81ai3WUMuOlGk3gZ7i01I2erNuTBZ6tHs4ByiEuk-l01O70PyvWknrmLZIhEVyePbBA/s400/IMG_1424.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596227254827162162" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kammergallerie</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">t.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A full gallery: people, art, wine, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">live music and the smell of spring flowers and oil paint...</span></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-OfQuCv0SSBcVkbl0ov6tc0HcRHFWXe21H-Ojkx5xDy94tgznDMKlkAFzJ_y_mtrqzw1FqtmP-F1gKF6EJZdHydOB71T44ZAvVDUFbeWtFAWeuhyPw6g11WihE-3htJErqUP4KdGeg/s1600/IMG_1419.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-OfQuCv0SSBcVkbl0ov6tc0HcRHFWXe21H-Ojkx5xDy94tgznDMKlkAFzJ_y_mtrqzw1FqtmP-F1gKF6EJZdHydOB71T44ZAvVDUFbeWtFAWeuhyPw6g11WihE-3htJErqUP4KdGeg/s400/IMG_1419.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596230771397023266" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhop4liU_mOsHuAqv-cVwPZk2XWQ2zHpPs4b2d1GgcQEj5kkCwBVMpafP3d6Yd7TXHnAsMJEf3YzpQyeoKDQA0FDttK90QB16BNTw_E5nZFeE5q9tjSkXjFgaDUKEpDT9f6QxC2DaDQQ/s1600/IMG_1423.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhop4liU_mOsHuAqv-cVwPZk2XWQ2zHpPs4b2d1GgcQEj5kkCwBVMpafP3d6Yd7TXHnAsMJEf3YzpQyeoKDQA0FDttK90QB16BNTw_E5nZFeE5q9tjSkXjFgaDUKEpDT9f6QxC2DaDQQ/s400/IMG_1423.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596227921553260018" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUScXC_UJQ3D8FGHfBF0_bb60Hd8FKExKk2kO_Jr45cXN0VU2QKQh5sje4Az9f4t8nC7qKy3ifrD5YySBom7klShbPXTTYWR02_nWRnUr-k7refQDp3I0NHiwXgFN0FivenLT5cRSHA/s400/IMG_1421.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596226756579021282" /><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-52084660077972894342011-04-15T11:07:00.000-07:002011-04-15T11:23:42.178-07:00Easter Art<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDav5Tx9LHrGEHNgtZnvdTfx8BGn7E180XReec7g6itUsqb_GJ5MxNlj5BLE-iWmg8L_KLlcV5xiN9cBypzwScI0por3FIb1-Ozs4yNq9D3GoLRVkRj5_Ha2UxFhuzOg95vArDm_3X6Q/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-13+at+6.15.32+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDav5Tx9LHrGEHNgtZnvdTfx8BGn7E180XReec7g6itUsqb_GJ5MxNlj5BLE-iWmg8L_KLlcV5xiN9cBypzwScI0por3FIb1-Ozs4yNq9D3GoLRVkRj5_Ha2UxFhuzOg95vArDm_3X6Q/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-13+at+6.15.32+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595873848009882386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">It seems time has flown lately, and I just realized I forgot to mention the Easter Art Show in the "Kammergalleriet". This is the gallery in which I showed work back in January.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">It is made up by a group of great (creative) people, who all volunteer to make it work.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I've been involved in the hanging of the show, as well as in designing the poster.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Today was hanging day, all went well, but it was a looong day! Private view is tomorrow, 11 am - wine, art and live music, very sweet indeed...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I am excited to be in two Easter shows this year. Not sure why, but it seems Denmark has a strong tradition for Easter Art Shows. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">A wonderful tradition, I think, personally.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><a href="http://www.kammergalleriet.dk/">Click here to go the gallery's website</a></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><br /></div></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-24170297830485110402011-04-03T08:19:00.000-07:002011-04-03T08:31:41.557-07:00Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7h84fNw3AJT703XBQwDwIPNIG7IqRyO5s0lhzror46EC4RHCEudnzBdaKkokTcw_Y844Dv3njmGSA6bRTpR9kVIp4hL2N1XB8RQ1DGiDNTPzJi7bV7Bl0HjbbT5wCbAk0n-MA8ZbaA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-04-03+at+5.20.36+PM.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7h84fNw3AJT703XBQwDwIPNIG7IqRyO5s0lhzror46EC4RHCEudnzBdaKkokTcw_Y844Dv3njmGSA6bRTpR9kVIp4hL2N1XB8RQ1DGiDNTPzJi7bV7Bl0HjbbT5wCbAk0n-MA8ZbaA/s400/Screen+shot+2011-04-03+at+5.20.36+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591379174776799442" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>JUST the other day I got a very pleasant email: I was informed that I got a painting in the "Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling" a juried exhibition, taking place in Århus every Easter. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A couple of weeks ago I took the train from Struer to Århus, with a box of my favorite paintings, not knowing what would come of it. Needless to say I am happy and excited that I will be in the show:) </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">For more information, please visit:</span></span></div></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.kp-spring.dk/">http://www.kp-spring.dk/</a><br /></span></span><div><br /></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-59687238464849797092011-02-18T05:21:00.000-08:002011-02-18T05:56:39.499-08:00Oh that website business...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6DfodLv1ttFMcU_UpjwAQNNBOCycQ6QyRvmDqb13jmZzO-xsgakH2WWX6MA1Hn_OfD73u1QHGAX5a6M0qwmbbaM9v3DoleFZQjxP7VlLih6hlwG6QGZSiv8ibZ38AKPJpXi2ZxvOiA/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-02-17+at+11.21.47+PM.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6DfodLv1ttFMcU_UpjwAQNNBOCycQ6QyRvmDqb13jmZzO-xsgakH2WWX6MA1Hn_OfD73u1QHGAX5a6M0qwmbbaM9v3DoleFZQjxP7VlLih6hlwG6QGZSiv8ibZ38AKPJpXi2ZxvOiA/s400/Screen+shot+2011-02-17+at+11.21.47+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575020407714001970" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><i>Well - my new/old website is back, finally! </i></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Since my hard disc crashed a few months back, I've had some technical (and rather frustrating) issues with my website, and at a certain point I choose to just forget all about it, and instead change my entire site into a simple blog! This very blog!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">It actually worked <i>okay</i>, but I missed certain aspects of my old site. Mainly, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I missed having a more collected site with CV, gallery, contact info - all under one <i>roof</i>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I finally managed to work out the issue, and have spent the last few weeks rebuilding the site to where is (almost) was before. With a few (hopefully good) updates. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">But - I do like this blog format, so <i>collagepainter.blogspot.com</i> will continuously be my blog page, as an addition to my main page. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Welcome to my new/old site: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://web.me.com/petmepaintme/Site_1/Welcome_1.html">www.HeleneundDenBoer.com</a></span></span></div></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-16858677991175004842011-02-08T07:50:00.000-08:002011-02-08T08:21:47.990-08:00Private View In Bovbjerg Lighthouse<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFe578XPWL_wr-ESG59qfK_EBVuzGxEX-zXyo7pEZBllRYDdQ53gIQm2s-PzEh8M02j-AHRdaifZsUTKbdeiYXEQf8D-G8rzGM03lJFE1RMZqZBLdSj-Jsc2rMrRTQW-A2Bka4xSy1w/s1600/Bovbjerg_Fyr.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFe578XPWL_wr-ESG59qfK_EBVuzGxEX-zXyo7pEZBllRYDdQ53gIQm2s-PzEh8M02j-AHRdaifZsUTKbdeiYXEQf8D-G8rzGM03lJFE1RMZqZBLdSj-Jsc2rMrRTQW-A2Bka4xSy1w/s400/Bovbjerg_Fyr.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571347564440372690" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bovbjerg lighthouse, on the very edge of the North Sea</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This past week I’ve been buried in preparations for my new art show at the "Bovbjerg Fyr" (Bovbjerg Lighthouse). I took my work down from the gallery on Sunday, and on Friday I hung it again, in this new </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">location. I suppose I expected it to happen quickly and smoothly and with very </span></span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">littl</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">e work, considering that everything was </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">read</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">y to hang! Hmmm</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">Nope, I found out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">(-as usual-) that everything takes much longer than planned. I was not ready until the last minute. A few of the paintings are repeats from the gallery show, but mainly, with new pieces.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As mentioned earlier in my blog, I got a little con</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">tainer of paintings home from Guam a few weeks ago. Not in time for my first show, but I had them for thi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">s one. Which worked out quite well: this way the show is not the sa</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'lucida grande';">me, it consists mainly of newer work. But even so: the new surroundings give the work a completely different feel. I am always amazed at how much a painting can change character, depending on where and how it hangs.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Private View was on Sunday, quite a few people showed up, chatting, drinking wine and looking at art. A beautiful afternoon, only a stone’s throw from the North Sea. The Lighthouse is quite alone on the edge of the sea. Tall, proud and blood red, almost the color of a fire engine.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We went to hang the work on Friday, and I had a chance to meet some of the four other artists that I share the space with. The work between us is very different, and complement each o</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; ">ther beautifully. The rooms are old, odd and charming: big and small, carpeted or with wood floor. Some walls are high, the ceilings crooked. A wise old house with a lot of personality, and a perfect frame for art and cultural events...</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> The poster:</span></span></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQywRHL2-iixce5fmwnnD7EZvzhYnqHh8AHp5DF41Ap6VLd7o2irLlYw5oqEoMFU0vEMJ-7d7hSeJ04hCQ_fBTiA6FDUH_z9GJeuZvDUIpjyG38VExy42IvXT0uRi2iE1z4N2Y3iXjw/s400/Untitled.001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571348505955992946" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW95SD7HD8XMpJ0I6ezAKxaz6yRTrxjCRksVvM8bHpEyQnBu3oBx0uKhAtcrvNKeoQQrLDAUHoT3SRnTayug2x6QZ9WrigOQJXyW3FoyuAeGz1Vo0X3SppJqo4yGzXSv-R1vCoamLptw/s400/IMG_0737.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571348283675756914" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjazG1qCdJpjfAt7Cwv-LWSJQ0B8ijqed51TaqJqHloGkOQ5nII9gqwB_re7FibKOahzZuvFE4Uzq_81HGlTrX-MvNLwbQtUHLbNgiY2k5Rf2-hVAQvzgrlR6rOVE7MDlspPcjvL-7g/s400/IMG_0755.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571351224828852738" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVJB3VLHWCyIyjWGTZ5v5JL_51oMDgE6BIuNxWO9qTaYXy29kiGZyAVgEK0RKDAJjhCDkJAvOGR38VWR20DflrmLdLVwfZH9NCfY5mCZm0u4r9hDkoNjkBRyIMpUUF9jXwgYm9ZYXig/s400/IMG_0772.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571350581315115874" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGs2x1Dxbbb7foCAarLPuREcdjogCC2nQkMhmrdcdhEYsUqDr4EUQP1h179UZEolUiiCnn7jVrPk0LyP0sj3jKb5_GTDFtIMK90XiW6NVf9OqFloA56cip4GGSiKTaOS7EqlfA_Z3eA/s400/IMG_0760.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571349848872571778" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-23184706738678825772011-01-30T07:53:00.000-08:002011-01-30T08:35:04.770-08:00Life Drawing Marathon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaZDAUsH2AeaX7bZWoJ4oYjOscGpGIFhpbI9tElLO9PEfbFjKfUU5lS9I-dHk0n9PczsA0OmsW4bi_g32-_Vtm6_E6HTgr3QwOYMZaqAbFBZHzo5fkuJWLR1l-cxbqcvl42tFZK9QSA/s1600/Untitled.001.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaZDAUsH2AeaX7bZWoJ4oYjOscGpGIFhpbI9tElLO9PEfbFjKfUU5lS9I-dHk0n9PczsA0OmsW4bi_g32-_Vtm6_E6HTgr3QwOYMZaqAbFBZHzo5fkuJWLR1l-cxbqcvl42tFZK9QSA/s400/Untitled.001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568016967838419842" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">A few sketches from last night...</span></span></span><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Last night I went to a Life Drawing Marathon for the first time in my life! A friend invited me, and I was excited to experience this (to me) rather new concept, which apparently this school arranges once a year. We car pooled to the town of Struer, and were in place just before 7 pm. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The idea was that we were to draw from 7pm - 1am. With breaks, naturally (for our sake, but especially for the models!) I have not done life drawing since the end of the last century, (literally!) when I joined a class in Newmarket, England. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I have always enjoyed it, and was excited to do it again. It is excellent training, you are forced to look and pay attention. And do it very quickly.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We started out with a few 30 second poses, and it took me a little while to get a kind of feel for it again, after all this time. To get the sense of the pencil in my hand and the body lines. First model was a young, fairly curvy woman. We moved up to one minute poses, two, three, four and as the most five. I was working away, the minutes went by and the quick sketches collected on the floor. The second model of the evening was a tall, very skinny man, and it was interesting how long it took me to understand this entire change in the subject. My 30 second pose sketches were barely existing - only straight lines on the big sheet of paper. But as it went on, I did get better. A little better. Although I don’t think I worked as smoothly as it did with the woman. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">By 10, it was time for our main break. We gathered around the table, ate soup, had a chat and a glass of wine. Afterward, it was time for the last model of the night: an older man, who very creatively brought a book, ball and a bottle into his poses. I’d say he was the best of the bunch to change up his poses, not one was remotely the same. As an extra finesse and bonus, a trio had showed up during our brake, and they sang and played music while we worked, the rest of the evening.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The last half an hour I thought was rough! I was really, really, really tired (the wine probably didn’t help!) I found myself easing down, I put my pencil and paper on the floor, leaned back, and just listened to the music. By 1 am, we were of of there, and had about half an hour drive home. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I believe I slept the minute my head hit the pillow. But I kept on drawing in my dreams... </span></span></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5702753240656508.post-1375524884306536772011-01-28T11:27:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:35:26.051-08:00Minding The Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlX-euc03-IyoJOPh4NN0VGe4r50HvETiqxMM9BNCh-0OBKYeBeuqgLPEtLjYBCvlnVmvNva6NtocCpTVZKqkTHzuw5KuNEhssVFRYrz8NUYUOG2vUtcNGSNWp4zrdbxDm1-W7zg0VQ/s1600/IMG_0672.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlX-euc03-IyoJOPh4NN0VGe4r50HvETiqxMM9BNCh-0OBKYeBeuqgLPEtLjYBCvlnVmvNva6NtocCpTVZKqkTHzuw5KuNEhssVFRYrz8NUYUOG2vUtcNGSNWp4zrdbxDm1-W7zg0VQ/s400/IMG_0672.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567321938816651346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">My personal quiet corner the past two weeks.<br /></span></span></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The past couple of weeks, I’ve been sitting in the “Kammergalleriet” during the afternoons, to mind my exhibition. Some days have been busy, some not so much. But I have been overwhelmed with people’s interest in my work, and have had many great talks with people, stopping in from the street. Even a few sales, as an extra bonus!</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Being back in my hometown has been interesting: I’ve met old teachers, neighbors and people who know my parents. A new (-and actually quite nice-) feeling, after having lived anonymously for years, in various places, a short period at a time. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I truly like the concept of this gallery: when you rent it, you can do WHATEVER you like. You choose the opening times, the hanging of the work - the whole sense of the place is up to you! Personally I enjoyed the whole experience of getting settled in the gallery. Making the space mine, entirely. When I visit a gallery, I like simplicity and serenity. So I suppose those have been my keywords, while settling in, the sensation I’ve been seeking. If I have managed or not, is a matter of opinion, but I know for a fact that I have enjoyed my afternoons in the gallery. Quiet jazz, and the smell of the beautiful lilac hyacinths I got for the opening. I’ve been doing work on my mac, work I’d have to do at home anyway. I’ve had my own little work oasis, sitting between my paintings in a calm setting. Nice music and tulips, and with spotlights on each colorful piece on the wall. I think parts of me will miss it, when I pack up on Sunday, and will be done with this show. But I’ll probably also be ready for new places, new settings... </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Helene Lund Den Boerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11896677326231492073noreply@blogger.com