fredag 20 november 2009
Gypsy by Heart
Den här målningen "Gypsy by Heart" gjorde jag häromdagen. Jag kände mig så inspirerad av zigenarvagnar och de vackra färger som man förknippar med zigenare eller "den bohemiska stilen" ...
I did this painting "Gypsy by Heart" the other day. I felt so inspired by Gypsy Wagons and the strong beautiful colours that one relates to gypsies or "the bohemian style"....
Det är en mixed media målning med akryl, färgpennor, stämplar, kollage...
It´s a mixed media painting with acrylic paints, colour pencils, stamping and collage...
Jag skulle vilja ha en sån "Gypsy Wagon" på gården hemma! Den kunde fungera som gäststuga, eller en allmänt mysig plats bara!...
I would like to have one of those Gypsy Wagons in my garden! It could serve as a guest cabin or just be a very cozy plaze!...
Man skulle kunna ha mysiga middagar på tu man hand ...
One could have cozy intimate dinners just for two...
Sen kunde man smita in i vagnen för en "avec"!...
Then one could sneek away into the wagon for an "avec"!...
Man skulle kunna måla den så här vackert!...
One could paint it as beautiful as this one!...
Eller den här!..
Or this one!...
Sen skulle man faktiskt kunna åka iväg med den på en "minisemester"!...
And one could actually drive away with it on a "minivacation"!...
Ja , zigenarlivet och den bohemiska stilen är ofta romantiserad..men verkligheten var nog en annan för de zigenare och romer som levde på den tiden...och tyvärr i många länder även i dag...
Yes, the Gypsy kind of life and the bohemian style is often described in a romantic way...but the reality was another for those gypsies who lived in those days...and sadly this is a reality even today in many contries ...
Så att vara en zigenare är nog en romantisk dröm tror jag, men jag kan inte sluta att beundra de vackra färgerna, det fina hantverket och inte att förglömma...Musiken!...
So being a gypsy is a romantic dream I suppose, but I can´t stop admiring the colours and craftmanship and not to forget ..the music!...
För mera inspiration om zigenar vagnar , kläder och inredning besök:
For more inspiration on Gypsy wagons, clothes and decorattions please visit:
Ha en trevlig och bohemisk vecka! Vi ses!
Have a lovely bohemian week! I´ll see ya!
söndag 15 november 2009
Sorg o Lycka / Sorrow and Happiness
Sorg och Lycka heter denna teckning som min dotter , 9 år, gjorde i dag.
Ibland måste jag bara stanna upp, undra och begrunda...
Sorrow and Happiness is the title on this drawing my daughter, 9 years old, did today.
Sometimes I just have to stop and think and wonder...
Jisses! Vad är det hon funderar på ibland?
Är hon en likadan drömmare som mor sin? Chansen är ganska stor!
Jag blev i alla fall väldigt berörd av denna fina teckning,
Och mor som man är var man ju tvungen att intervjua henne om hon var ledsen för något...
-Näe! Jag bara gjorde den! sa hon käckt.
Ja...så är det väl. Tur hon har fått gåvan att utrycka sig med bilder!
Jeeez, what is she thinking about ,what thoughts are moving in her head?
Is she a notorious dreamer as her mother? The chance of that is quite big!
I was really touched by this drawing.
And as a mother I had to interview her if she was sad about something...
-Nope! I just made it! she answered with a smile.
Well..That´s probably true. She´s lucky to get the gift of expressing herself with images!
Ha en trevlig vecka! Vi ses!
Have a nice week! I´ll see You!
lördag 31 oktober 2009
Helgad Allhelgona / All Saints Day

All Saints day is a peaceful holiday, no Halloween parties. Today I went to the Stora Tuna church and lit some candles on our loved ones graves. There where a lot of people there and hundreds and thousands of candles were glimmering in the dusk...very beautiful...
The church is magnificent...it was ment to be a cathedral once...
The entrance was filled with burning candles ..in Swedish it´s called the weapon room, where in the middle ages people had to leave their weapons before they entered the churhroom..no swordfights in front of the altar!...
Kyrkorummet är också mycket vackert..här är det ljuvligt att lyssna till körsång eller musik. Mässor är jag inte så mycket för...

The church inside is also very beautiful...it´s wonderful to listen to choirs and music here...otherwise I´m not much of a church visitor ...
Idag tänker vi på alla dem som inte finns bland oss längre...barnen ville till och med att vi skulle tända ett ljus på vår älsklingskatt Robins grav på ängen...så vi gjorde det. Någonstans däruppe bland stjärnorna på den mörka himmelen tittar de ner på oss...jag tror och hoppas att vi någongång ses igen...


Today we are thinking of our loved ones that are not with us anymore...the children wanted to light a candle at our favourite cat Robins grave on the meadow...so we did that. Somewhere up there amongst the stars on the dark night sky they are looking down on us...I hope and believe that we will meet again somewhere sometime...

I dag vill jag också gratulera mina föräldrar som varit gifta i 50 år den 31/10! Grattis!
Today I also want to congratulate my parents who have been married for 50 years on the 31st of october! Congrats!
Hoppas helgen blir fridfull! Ha det vi ses!
I wish You a peaceful weekend! I´ll see You!
måndag 26 oktober 2009
Blå timmen / The Blue Hour

Wintertime...time to rewind the clock one hour. The evenings are really dark now. I took these pics on my way home from work today, in the dark evening. I´m so impressed by my camera Nikon D80 and what it can do. Really dark outside and the photos are taken by freehand, so support whatsoever..just a tiny bit colouradjustment in photoshop...

It look so magical in this blue hour with the calm water surface, the veils of fog at the horizon...

Det här är originalet...före Photoshop...
This is the original...before Photoshop...
The children at the tree...after 15 minutes it was way too dark even for my camera...
Jag har ingen utbildning i vare sig foto eller Photoshop men... lära sig genom att göra det...är min melodi! Ha en bra dag även om den är blå! Vi ses!
I have no education in either photography or Photoshop but ...learning by doing...that is my melody! Have a nice day even if it´s blue ! I´ll see You!
onsdag 21 oktober 2009
Mattijn!

OK I´m in a better mood today! (could it be the beginning menopause age??) Sorry if I frighten my readers with frosty thoughts! Today I just wanted to share with You this brilliant, multitalanted photoartist Mattijn Franssen ( from Hilversum in the Netherlands). He works with digital photomontages , photoanimations and paints some wonderful oilpaintings aswell...and plays and composes music!...

Bilderna är fantastiska med så vackra färger och djup. Jag har fått tillåtelse att visa några av dem. Mattijn finns alltid med på bilderna...
The photos are fantastic with beautiful colours and depth. I got permission to show You some of them. Mattijn is always in the pictures ...

...liksom hans katt Pino!...
...aswell as his cat Pino!...

Mattijn creates pictures that makes You think of dreamy surrealistic fairytales or fantasyfilms...
My writing pen starts to itch!...Perfect pictures to write stories to!...
Very imaginative and surrealistic sometimes!..
What dangers lurks out there?...stay here Pino!...
Förutom de alldeles fantastiska fotomontagen så målar Mattijn också i olja som det här fina porträttet..mycket talangfull även där!..

Apart from the fantastic photomontages he paints oilpaintings like this great portrait...very talanted with that aswell!...
Så kolla mer på hans hemsida där finns mycket fint att se!
Check out his website for a lot off goodies to see!
Hans fotoanimationer finns här:
Look at his photoanimations here:
Listen to his music here!:
Suck...så ung OCH så begåvad!...Själv är man snart bara OCH!
Ha en trevlig dag! ! Vi ses hoppas jag!
Sigh...So young AND so talanted!...Me myself is soon just the AND-part !
Have a very lovely day! I´ll see You soon I hope!
måndag 12 oktober 2009
800 besökare !! / 800 visitors !!

What a lovely place to lie down and relax in the sun...all nervousity and excitement is gone...fatigue is the right word now I think. What a weekend it was! "Art in a square" and perticulary our place "Gallery Storsten" hit the records both with visitors and level of quality or the artworks!...

WHAT?? ....800 VISITORS??? Is that true??...Yes something like that for our place! Simply amazing! ...800 visitors and NONE of them got stuck on my photos!!! Haha...but the only chance for me to get some pictures this weekend was BEFORE we opened. After that I didn´t have a minute over, there were crowds of people rolling in all day! I don´t have the numbers on the other locations yet but it seems to have been a succes for all I believe...

Så vi backar bandet och tar det från början! Det här blir ett lååångt inlägg...OK...TÄNK mycket folk nu!...Kom så går vi in till Nettan och Nalle som så generöst upplåtit sitt hem under dessa dagar!...
Om du vill kan du samtidigt lyssna lite på den Portugisika Fado musik som så ljuvligt spelade i bakgrunden som komplement till alla vackra konst- och hantverk här nedan:
So lets take it from the beginning...this is a looong post! ...OK...now IMAGINE all the folks here! Come on lets go in to this beautiful home of Nettan and Nalle who so generously lets us use their home for this occation!...
While You walk with me through this photo essay You you can listen to the wonderful Portugesian Fado music that played in the background as a complement to all beautiful works of art and crafts, see below:
Sen kan du föreställa dig alla dofter: eldarna ute, den vansinnigt, makalöst goda linssoppan som serverades med bröd med inbakad fetaost och oliver...mmm
Then You can try to imagine all the wonderfull scents from the fires outside and the super-delicious lentil soup served with bread baked with feta cheese and olives...mmm


This is the Lady that lives in this beautiful house, Nettan Eriksson, an artistic, energetic redhead of a woman! Thousand thanks for letting us use Your wonderful house for this occation! xoxoxox...
Och vad hittar vi här bakom Nalles flygel?...Om bara allt folk kunde flytta på sig så man ser något!...
Nettan works a lot with textiles but she can paint also, just look at these colourful acrylic paintings...

And what do we find here behind Nalles grand piano?...If only that crowd of people could move to the side!...
My little corner with art photographies, paintings and artdolls...
My little corner with art photographies, paintings and artdolls...
This photo was taken last winter home in the village...
This was taken last year also and is my garden at home...
And here are my paintings...
Möt Karin Bröms (Karins Handkraft). Hon tillverkar vackra tovade smycken med pärlor och säljer egentillverkade sköna salvor av naturliga ämnen och örter...
Meet Karin Bröms, she makes lovely felted jewelry adorned with beads, and sells homemade skin lotions of natural ingredients and herbs...

Meet Karin Bröms, she makes lovely felted jewelry adorned with beads, and sells homemade skin lotions of natural ingredients and herbs...
Diet goodies of felted wool!...
Min mor , Leila Orvokki, hade denna del av huset där hon sålde vackra sjalar, tovade tavlor och lyktor ...

My mothers ( Leila Orvokki) corner of the house. She sells knitted shawls, felted art and handmade lanterns...
Sofia Carlsson showed her fantastic highquality ceramics...gorgeous!...
Måns Pettersson jobbar med luffarslöjd och gör mycket vackra ljusstakar och anntas småttocjh gott...som här "kommunikation genom tiderna" tror jag att den heter...

Måns Pettersson works with wire crafts and creates the most beautiful chandeliers and other stuff...like this "communication through history" I think it´s called...
More of Måns things...
Nettans lovely hammocks...
Glittered in the sun...
Still leben...

The food tent where the lentil soup and coffee with chocolate cake and whipped cream was served !...

På gården fanns fler hus att kika in i...
There were more buildings to look into...
Beautiful art and crafts everywhere...
Vackra Minna Lindgren visade silversmycken och grafik...bakom henne synns Anneli Anderssons färgstarka tavlor i akryl..

The beautiful Minna Lindgren showed jewelry of silver and graphical art... behind her You can see Annelie Anderssons colourful paintings...
Powerful colours from Jobs Sara thiele and Märges Hasse Thiele...
Minna och Sara...

My husbands sculptures , welded and forged "man without banner"...


Woman with children...
Och sist men inte minst... Min sons skulpturer!! Han är bara 5 år men inspirerad av pappa! OK han har inte fått svetsa själv än!...
Summer letter...
Nere vid sjön fanns mera skulpturer med bl.a lustiga fåglar att se av Claus Moltke-Hoff, tyvärr hann jag inte ner för att fota !...
Down by the lake there were more sculptures to see, by Claus Moltke-Hoff, unfortunately I didn´t get the chans to go there and take photos!...

And last but not least...My sons sculptures!! He´s only 5 years old but veery inspired by Dad! OK he has not welded himself yet!...
Oj oj hoppas du är med fortfarande! Tack alla besökare!! Fantastiskt roligt att ni hittade hit! Vi kommer definitivt att komma tillbaka nästa år igen!

Ha de bra Vi ses!
Oh my! This was a long post. Hope You made it thhrough to the end! Thank You all visitors!! This weekend was fabulous fun thanks to You! We will definitely be back next year again!
Have a nice week! I´ll see You!
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