Exquisite Arts Magazine Vol 7: Fall Issue- Oct/2017 | Page 44

Your artwork is very creative and filled with texture.
What inspired you to become an artist? What is your
background?
I used to be an associate professor in
chemistry/spectroscopy, but decided to retire three years
ago at the age of 61 (in my country Sweden, the retiring
age is between 61 and 67) to start a new course in life.
Although late in life, I feel that my theoretical and practical
approach to painting together with my inherited genes
(both my parents were part time artists) has given me a
reasonable chance to kick-start becoming an artist. I feel I
am on track.
Your view of painting is very interesting. You state
that painting is a conversation with the canvas. Can
you elaborate more about the meaning of this
statement?
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When mark making (quite often in a spontaneous manner)
with its colour, form and direction, I am conversing with
the canvas, which gives me a contextual response to my
actions. The painting on the canvas is reacting to the marks
in an integral manner. I mean by this that any modification
of the painting is affecting the entire picture. Sometimes, I
may guess the answer to my mark making, but more often