Stockholm’s Emerging Realist Generation

I’ll be participating with three paintings in the group exhibition Stockholm’s Emerging Realist Generation. Opening September 29, 18:00 – 22:00, Åsögatan 148, Stockholm.
As of yet not sure how many pieces will be on show but the people tell me it’s going to be a rather small exhibit. Small and cozy.
If you want to meet me in person I’ll probably be there for a couple of hours during the opening. Give me a call to make sure. Cheers <3 <3 xoxo

“The realistic and representational art movement in the Stockholm region has grown stronger in recent years. Those involved see it as a timeless and nonironic rediscovering of the craft of painting, the respect of skill and the love of beauty within the arts. This show is a collaboration between the artschool Atelier Stockholm and the artist run gallery Art Concept Store and will give you a significant taste of what Stockholm as a city has to offer of young emerging artists in this regard. This is their first joint public appearance.”

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Introduction to this site

Hello and welcome,
I use this site as a means of expressing myself and marketing my art.
Images of my work are presented in varying sizes and quality.
As I have friends and clients from different nationalities I try to write things of a more informative nature in English, in order to make them more accessible. However, whenever I feel like it I write in Swedish.

In the top of the screen, in the black bar under the header you’ll find the images of my work under “Gallery”. Click “Gallery” for all of them, or specify using the drop-down list, click “Painting”, “Sketch” or “Digital”.
Under “Porträtt” there’s a short text in Swedish for those of you thinking about having a portrait painted. Don’t speak Swedish? Send me letter! I speak Swedish, English, and I understand German.
“Abuut” (=About) is where you’ll find information about me the artist, and about this site, if you’re into that kind of stuff.
“Valdehouse” is my blog space. Again, click “Valdehouse” for all of it, or use the drop-down list. There’s the “Pain Ting” section where I write about artistic things. “Poesy” and “Blagg” are stupid; don’t read those.

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Winter

Working on a children’s book with my brother, and on a portrait commission.

No shows scheduled. Open for suggestions.

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August Strindberg

2009, 85cm x 100cm, oil on canvas

August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a Swedish playwright and novelist.

As I made my way to Stockholm in the autumn of 2009 I had the idea that I wanted to begin with exhibiting compositions I for various reasons associated with Stockholm. Strindberg may not have lived in Stockholm his entire life, but to me he most definitely is Stockholm.
I’m not an avid reader of books, although of what I’ve read in Swedish literature I find Strindberg to be the best. The language and the temper, it’s all so very rich. Somehow I can relate to the anger this crazed writer so beautifully expressed. I marvel at every page in his books, and no other author has done that for me.

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Då Han Talade om Dämoner (When He Spoke of Demons)

2009, 85cm x 60cm, oil on canvas

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), Swedish film- and stage director.

In 2001 I lived in Stockholm for half a year, learning how to paint under the strong tutelage of Irina Gebuhr among others, at Idun Lovén School of Art.
At the time there was a cinema in the city which for some reason showed a series of films for free, one every Wednesday. Having little money, and being Mr. lonely-boy, I went and saw every one of them by myself.
Ingmar Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers” (1972) was to be a turning-point in my life as a cineaste. On several occasions during the film I fell into tears without really understanding why. Where was the sad music? Where were the usual deceptions, broken hearts and the tears? Why was I trembling? The ways in which this drama affected me were new and overwhelming. Intensely and intimately it spoke to something deep within me. I loved it.
That day Hollywood left my life, and a new world of humanistic film entered.

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DÄMONER!!! – utställning i Gamla Stan, Stockholm

Jag vill härmed hälsa er välkomna till ”DÄMONER!!!” – En personlig exposition av måleri, inspirerad av diverse förebilder, prestationsångest, och frågor rörande identitet.
Parallellt med ett händelserikt skede i mitt liv har färdigställandet av denna show inneburit en ovärderlig resa. DÄMONER!!! är mörkret jag lämnar efter mig då jag träder ut i ljuset.

Totalt 18 oljemålningar; nya verk blandas med äldre.
Jag kommer vara på plats varje dag från början till slut.


“Wunderkind”, 2010, 35cm x 35cm

Vernissage lördag 13 november 2010 kl. 12-19
Utställningen pågår t.o.m. 18 november
Öppet: söndag kl 12-17, måndag-torsdag kl. 12-18

Galleri Svea, Gamla Stan
Köpmangatan 4
Stockholm, Sweden

Uppskattar om ni vill sprida detta vidare och bjuda era vänner och bekanta.

Facebookers, hemskt snällt vore om ni går in på ”eventet” DÄMONER!!!, klickar på den grå ”+ Select Guests to Invite”-rutan under bilden av Ingmar Bergman, och därefter bjuder folk ni tror skulle vilja besöka utställningen.

Det råder under utställningens öppettider kör- och parkeringsförbud i hela Gamla Stan.

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Welcome

this site is only a few weeks old and there is still work to be done. Every other day or so I try to upload a few more images of my work. They’re all clickable, but it’s not possible to view them in larger format than how they’re currently presented. This will however eventually be made possible. We’ve got Sweden’s top tech-team working on it 24/7.
Please have a look around. Feel free to comment and / or share with me your opinions on whatever comes to mind.

Facebooker? Want to become friends? I tend to inform my friends about everything and nothing.

Facebook Super-Friend Val

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News

Three of my paintings have been accepted to go on show in Edsvik Konsthall’s Höstsalong. The show runs from October 30th through November 21st.
This is quite an honor for me, so if you’re in Stockholm at the time it’d make me happy if you’d like to go out to Sollentuna and show your support for this contender.

Edsvik Konsthall

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moleskine1

2009

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moleskine1

2009

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