Drawings – Page 2 – art about place

Diaspora 3 (did you pack this yourself, sir?)

May 21, 2015

Developing my meditations on the theme of displacement, art history, and my reluctant obsession with the metaphors inherent in objects. Initial drawings with Sharpie pens on discarded packing material are photographed and then combined with other elements in Photoshop and Illustrator. Several years ago I had a conversation with artist, humanist and human-rights activist Bill Kelly about print-making. He considered … More Diaspora 3 (did you pack this yourself, sir?)

The Middle-Class Hero and the Diaspora

August 30, 2014

I had the sudden urge to draw really big drawings of picture hooks. On old packing cases. Some might say this is the result of spending too much time in windowless galleries “handling” art. I say you could be very close to the truth. With most of my work, I’m a stickler for cripplingly expensive … More The Middle-Class Hero and the Diaspora

Mt Ohlssen Bagge

July 8, 2014

For my 50th birthday last year I was given the chance to hike and sketch in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. This is somewhere I have wanted to visit since I arrived in Australia, so it was a real treat. There was some fantastic walking and a great camping ground at Wilpena Pound. Sadly, … More Mt Ohlssen Bagge

Metaphor and the thingness of things

May 25, 2014

There’s probably a cool Zen way to say this, but I’m not really interested in the “thingness” of things. When I paint, I’m mostly concerned with how it feels to be in an environment, not what it looks like, and certainly not what the individual items are. These are not trees, they are patches of … More Metaphor and the thingness of things

art about place

Lars Stenberg: paintings and other art

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Diaspora 3 (did you pack this yourself, sir?)

The Middle-Class Hero and the Diaspora

Mt Ohlssen Bagge

Metaphor and the thingness of things