In the summer break I stayed at the school and had the whole painting department at the fourth floor of the main building to myself. My first work was a monumental diptych , 360x240 cm, with Robert De Niro from Taxidriver on the left an an image of a dogs head to the right. I called it A Woman Left Lonely, after the song of Janis Joplin (damaged .
I had invented a method to simplify digital images by mixing two layers reduced using a light threshold at different values. Much like the famous Hope image of Barack Obama. Only this was in 1996. The layers could easily be transferred individually to painting using overhead projections.
I made several images using this technique. It was sort of a artistic breakthrough for me (some damaged documentation pics).
The school moved this year to the Stentofon building across Inherredsveien. I got a very fine studio space on the sixth floor.
These two paintings were painted partly on the back of a glass plate and on top of veneer with acrylic and lacquer.
I made several abstract paintings with loose, broad brushstrokes and combined with flat surfaces. First with vinyl on glass like the first one, but later using a roller and tape.
This series is called Brand and was part of Trøndelagutstillingen in 1997.
I made a series based on the photograhs of Lennart Nilsson (some damaged documentation pics).
