KLP 2011, the “MANDALA” series, 6 artworks – one for each floor (150 x 150) cm In 2011 KLP (Norway’s largest pension company) ordered a series of pictures, one for each floor in their new building in Bjørvika, Oslo. Each picture measures 150 x 150 cm. Technique: photobased digital collage. See more from the MANDALA series: https://ellyp.com/wp/kunstverk/series-2/ …
KLP – Bjørvika, Oslo 2011, artworks for their office areas, a selection from the series Ensemble Propelly. Technique: photobased digital collage. I started out building little stages, which I illuminated and photographed. Sometimes the picture is finished at this point. Other pictures are a collage of stages, put together digitally. Se more here: https://ellyp.com/wp/kunstverk/series-8/ “Bride Hunter” (100 x 125) cm …
DRAUGEN OILRIG – NORSKE SHELL Commission in charge of Møre og Romsdal Art Center, Molde Spraypaint on washi, laminated and mounted on wooden panels In 1993 I was engaged to make a 20 meter long frieze running through three rooms, separated with glass walls. First came the tv room, then the billiard room in the middle, and last the smoking …
My first! In 1987 I was engaged for a commission for Voss Nursery home. At that time printmaking was populær when there was a limited sum of money left, and the client could get a lot of art for that. Normally the committee bought what was available and not created for the premises. I had many of those, but this …
WATER WORLD ATMOS BLOWOUT THE QUEST
PLANTS CAME FIRST Monoprints with drypoint on chine collé. Painting on washi paper reminds of velvet. Crumbling the paper, drying and rewetting it leaves marks, and gives it a character similar to fabrics. On this surface thin brittle and furry lines of the drypoint needle creates a contrast. Everything organic is based on geomethry GARDEN TREASURES …
Drypoint / carborundum; “Core of Life” Drypoint/collagraph/chine collé; “Secret Message” Carborundum Mokulito
The fine lines of the drypoint are contrasting the more vigorous brush strokes with carborundum, giving depth to the image. I like to print it all in black (or white), adding colors by use of chine collé, means thin layers of painted washi is glued into the image when printing. I explore the possibilities of the plate by making each …
“FEMINA MANTRA” has been following me for decades, and I still come back to it. It works like a source to my identity as a woman, but also like a straw to our collective experiences. According to Carl Gustav Jung we all have access to the collective unconscious. Humans experience five main types of instinct: hunger, sexuality, activity, reflection, and …