Pain Ting

Olga, Millesgården

Accompanied by a new friend I visited Millesgården yesterday. Having just paid the entrance fee and stepped onto the beautiful terrace overlooking a vast industrial area of Stockholm I stopped …“NO, wait a second, not THAT Milles!?? Not ‘the creator … Continue reading →

World Champions of Painting – Banksy

Second post in this series of three, four or five. Go HERE for the introduction. The no. 2 painter, all categories: Banksy When you read about Banksy on Wikipedia you’ll find under ‘movement’: Anti-war, Anti-capitalism, Anti-fascism, Anti-imperialism, Anti-authoritarianism, Anarchism, Nihilism, … Continue reading →

#paintingmarathon

I’ll be participating in a #paintingmarathon on Sunday. My friend and colleague Titti Hammarling here in Stockholm, and her Twitter friend Martina Anagnostou in Sudan, did one last week. Others joined in and it seems like good fun, a cool … Continue reading →

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World Champions of Painting – Karin Mamma Andersson

First post in a series of three, four or five. Go HERE for the introduction. The reigning champion of the world, the no. 1 painter, all categories: Karin Mamma Andersson Yes, that’s Mamma as in mama. Foto: Mikael Olsson As … Continue reading →

Introduction to ‘World Champions of Painting’

In a series of three, four or five posts I will present to you the best pound for pound painters in the world today. You’ll get some of my humble thoughts on the three top players in this game of … Continue reading →

DÄMONER!!! – a one man ex hi bi tion gone self help Pain Ting Blagg powsth

I’d like to try to briefly recall this recent period of my life and what happened during a short week in this month of November, 2010. My one-man show, DÄMONER!!!, was open for only six days and ended Thursday last … Continue reading →

October 30, 2010

It’s getting awfully close to DÄMONER!!!, and I’ll be painting every single day leading up to the show. I’m good. I’m relaxed. I might not manage to finish every single piece I had intended to show, but even before I … Continue reading →

“You’re an artist? Wow, that must be so much fun!”

I get up at around 5:45. I make myself a cup of coffee and I write three pages by hand, about whatever comes to mind. When writing I try to steer my thoughts on to what’s important that I achieve … Continue reading →

classic

To set the tone here in the Pain Ting section I’m using an old, bitter and frustrated classic.

I wrote this piece several years ago, at a time when I was very angry and lonely. A year or so had passed since I left the art academy where I got my training, and by this time I had a thing or two to say. Continue reading →