Getting a Bachelor of Art and Design: Still life painting

Finally managed to shoot some pictures from our exhibition from the painting period. The main focus of the period has been still life painting, with emphasis on color and levels in the picture. We have also had some 20 minutes still life paintings, also exhibited.

Andrine Lauritzen

She has done a little of each during the period. The head with the ladder is taken from her exam from this summer, originally drawn, and even I have to like pink when I see the beautiful fabric on the chair (love the chair as well actually..)!

Andrine Lauritzen

Feliks Ulvåen Isaksen

I actually think he hates painting still life. Did his own thing as soon as possible, and I think the result is great! Some kind of link between science and art, with naval as well as mathematic elements. Again he manages to make me like this kind of abstract artwork, and it is normally not the visual language form of my choice.

Feliks Ulvåen Isaksen

Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen

She has been one of the absolutely most patient painters this period. She picked a small piece of a still life, and have used almost the full period on these berries. Even though she does not feel completely finnished with this picture I really think it works as a finished piece. The variations of fineness in the berries reminds me of the imperfectness of nature. Really nice done Grete!

Grete Heathcliff Halvorsen

Hilde Marie Blindheim

Her love for flea markets and bright colors are loves I shear, and I think is, at least the last one, visual in this exhibition. Daring to use such colors in her pictures is certainly a good thing in my book.

Hilde Marie Blindheim

Kjersti Solbakken

Kjersti also uses the bright color palette. I especially like her brush strokes and the light she catches in her picture.

Kjersti Solbakken

Kristine Heidenstrøm

I always liked Kristines style. She has something honest about her work. I have watched her learning a lot this period, and will have to say "Good work girl!". I forgot to take a close picture of one of my favorites - the "20 minute still" down in the middle of her exhibition. I would have loved to have it on my wall.

Kristine Heidenstrøm

Line Stenrud Utengen

Line was one of three painting a still with shoes and a teapot, the other ones being Mali and myself. She finished a long time before the other two of us, and did a great study of some fabric and yarn the rest of the period. The way she manages to get the difference in texture and the difficult colors on the piece in the last picture is really inspiring.

Line Stenrud Utengen

Mali Norvalls

Mali and me have followed each other through the whole period, doing our one study of the shoes with teapot scene. It is really fun comparing the different styles, learning from each others paintings, and end up with such different results as ours. The background in Mali's painting is really nice, I like it a lot better than mine, but it is just not "me". The picture below is unfortunately a bit dark, and does not show the painting the respect it deserves.

Mali Norvalls

Pernille Gullerud Knudsen

Pernilles style is realism. She is always searching the perfect, and it shows in her work. She is not finished with the last painting (two glasses), but I think it really works as it is.

Pernille Gullerud Knudsen

Sarah Halse

As Feliks, not that into still life. I think her results from this period really shows her style, and I have to say I support her in using her time on that.