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Stefan Lindblad at the KKV Studio in Nacka,
Stockholm, Sweden 2006 in front of his new acrylic paintings.
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MY NEW PAINTING
Today I do my paintings mostly with acrylics
on canvas. The acrylic paint corresponds the best with my new image
language, and it permits a more intuitive and more direct tone than
the oil paint I used earlier. My image language is now something else.
The earlier oil pant demanded a more restrained in the brush strokes
and longer time to dry. But then, I wanted to tell the stories from
another perspective. I have again starting to let the paint drip and
flow freely over the canvas. And the quicker time it takes to dry make´s
it easier for me to bring forward what is more me. And a nice bi-effect
is that its more healthy in not using so much of turpentine, which I
hope is more healthy and good for the environment.
Paintings 2006
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Drawings 2007
I have chosen not to show to much of my new paintings because I am still
compiling it and continuously making new paintings. And when it has been
exhibited I will show more on this my website. All the same I have chosen
to show you some of the new line of work so that you can a feeling of
how it looks like. Until all presented here please have a look at my paintings
from before. Which I hope is interesting to look at. And together with
samples of my new work presented here you perhaps get a sense of how my
work has changed through the years. CURIOSITY
The largest painting I have done was 192 kvm.
The smallest? The dot on my paper. I stretch my own canvas and prepare
the surface myself. And now my paint is predominantly acrylic in contrast
to the oil paint I used before. Except my own exhibitions I have made
commissioned work for architect firms, for example the paintings for
Scandic Infra City Hotel, in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm (former
Hilton) and Observer AB, Stockholm (former Waymaker AB).
MATERIAL
- Cryla, Acrylic paint from Daler-Rowney
- Oilpaint
- White paint Daler-Rowney, Luiquitex and Schminke
- Brushes
- Water
- linen canvas
- Very rare, but sometimes cotton canvas
- Make my own stretch frames
- Prepare my canvas myself with glue and paint.
- Pencils, ink pens, felt pens, calligraphy brush pen
- Paper
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STEFAN
LINDBLAD
Artist, painter & illustrator
Live and work in Stockholm, Sweden.
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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Alex
Gallery Washington DC. USA
Agent,
art & illustration: SELLINC, Chicago, IL, USA
Lorentzon
Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery
Ekeby Qvarn in Uppsala, Sweden
Gallery
Mitt vardagsrum vid Vättern, Sweden
PHILOSOPHY
I have always been interested in how everything we do, and the journeys
we take in life, gets a story. Sometimes a big one sometimes a small
one. They are a kind of discovery journeys. And they are constantly
ongoing. The journeys come in different shapes and forms, and it can
be anything from the first steps of a child, a café visit, a
nature experience or a journey to space. Everything has a story. Everything
have made a journey. An earlier exhibition was of that reason named
”The Journey”.
My new work of paintings is called "Snapshot Stories". They
are inspired by my trips to Arizona, USA and the world of islands in
Greece and the city of London. What I discovered on my first trip to
Arizona was how there were small and big stories surrounding us, both
in the urban environments as well as in nature. Sometimes evident and
up-front, sometimes hidden. My eyes become a sort of a camera that draw
down on paper the memories and experiences from the journey´s.
And told the history of a specific place, like a snapshot, with details
of a much larger story.
PROJECT & GALLERY
To read about the different art shows and projects I have worked with
in the past and present please look in the drop-menu above
To see samples of my work please look in the drop-menu above.
Stefan Lindblad, "Ocean 1",
oilpainting. 3.5 x 3 meter.
Year 2002, to the Hilton/Scandic Infra City Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden.
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