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• Scandinavian in New York

How do you work? Well, I am a stonemason, so it's very physical. It's dirty and hard. A bit like war and peace actually! With my work in stone, it's all about taking away material, about reducing and freeing something that's inside the stone. So I used to always have pre-conceived concepts about what I wanted to do, I am beginning to change this, though. With my painting and when I work in clay, I let it just grow. Because that's not there yet, the way something in stone is. It's more about looking for something that doesn't exist. If you weren't an artist then what would you be? There was never another option, really. Most kids draw when they're little, I just never stopped. I started at age 2. Then my parents weren't very supportive and they kept saying "You can't do this." And so it ...

...My artworks are letters to myself about hope, reminding me to stay hopeful... a visa and for a school (School of Visual Arts). How has NY influenced your art? In New York ther...I am very meticulous. What inspires you? Daily life. Imagining things and reading. I like to imag...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 15, Novembre 2005
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