Bertil Hansson Born 1950 in Lysekil, Sweden

Berti Hansson is a visual artist working in the fields of painting, engravings and photography. He had been participating in several exhibitions in Norway and Sweden, which was very well received. Bertil has also exhibited his art works with Saatchi online Gallery, London.

“With a remarkable power of observation, the Swedish artist Bertil Hansson focuses his sight onto the most insignificant detail and lifts it out of its place in the entire context. He charges it with magic and space whether the technique is painting, graphic arts or, as is his latest passion, photography. With great intensity he also absorbs the surrounding and transforms reality into abstraction in a way that makes his pictures stand out as familiar for us. This is intensified by the associations they give to different directions in art history. His artistic career has developed rapidly ever since the new millennium when he moved to the south of France and settled in the village of Goult. Since then his artistic desire has felt no constraints and his productivity has grown impressively. He is now in great demand from Scandinavian art galleries and is making several exhibitions every year, especially in Norway and Sweden. After having worked mainly with watercolours and tempera Bertil Hansson a decennium ago started adding a new technique to his repertoire, engravings. In Helsingborg in the South of Sweden he found a partner in Ateljé Larsen. Since 1996 he has developed a fertile collaboration with the master himself, Ole Larsen. All of that production has recently been published in an attractive book, Hansson hos (chez) Larsen. The lastest passion though for Hansson, is photography and he brings his pictures together under a variation of themes. There is indeed a great relationship between his photographs, his graphics and his paintings. The search for light and the way he makes his motives float, create the idea of space as well as a faint yet warm feeling of uncertainty.” (Text – Britt Nordberg Journalist of Culture Reviewer of visual art and theatre)

Available works (All  work images/text are published with the consent of the artist. All rights reserved, protected by international copy right laws.)

Paintings

The Whole World, Tempera on Canvas,47.2 x 35.4 in, 2004, SOLD

Wind IV, Tempera on Canvas, 29.5 x 23.6 in, 2005, SOLD

Line of Light VIII, Tempera on Canvas, 9.4 x 7.5 in, 2004, SOLD

Wind II, Tempera on Canvas,11.8 X 9.4 in, 2005, SOLD

Touch I, Tempera on Canvas,9.4 x 7.5 in, 2005, SOLD

Going on, Tempera on Canvas, 35.4 x 35.4 in, 2004, SOLD

Photography

Red Light II, Photography mounted on aluminium and laminated, 15.7 x 11 in, Ed 1/6, 2007

Through a window, Photography mounted on aluminium and laminated - Light-Jet- C-print, 11.8 x 8.8 in, Ed 1/6 2007

River,Photography mounted on aluminium and laminated, 39.4 x 26 in, Ed 1/6, 2007

Bleu Profond,Photography mounted on aluminium and laminated - lightjet, 39.4 x 27.2 in, Ed 1/6, 2008

Gordon Skalleberg: Born 1960, Sweden

“People ask me why I paint faces and eyes, sometimes only sections of a face. I don’t have a clear answer. I guess I am trying to see beyond the surface. Maybe I am just exploring and learning about myself? We are always confronted with faces – our own when we look at ourselves in a mirror, other faces as we go about our daily business. Subconsciously we can recognize joy and sadness, maybe even a subtle lie – but are we really aware of what we are seeing?”

“I try to work with the thought “Think Different” in all I do. Don’t just follow the stream, try to do something different, something that strikes a chord in people’s feelings and thoughts…”

As a teenager, Gordon acquired a keen interest in photography, which developed into graphic design and typography. Even though he occasionally drew, he was never consciously interested in the fine arts. Not until he started experimenting with oil colors. In 2004 Gordon left his family´s business after having struggled with his feelings about the future for more than 15 years. At first he photographed his home village, Arild – a tiny fishing village in the south of Sweden. He designed and published a photo book, which was well received and has gotten him recognition as an Artist. In December 2004 Gordon took a short term course at Gerlesborgsskolan, a reputed Swedish art school. Apart from this, Gordon is self taught as a painter.

Gordon has concentrated on painting faces and people, and today he is primarily painting on untreated plywood with oil colors. The grain of the plywood provides an interesting texture and emotional feel in the work.

In 2006 he aquired a studio in a unique house, designed in 1958 by the well known Swedish architect Per Friberg. After renovating the building, it now enables him to use the entire house as a gallery and showcase for his own art, as well as the works of other artists. Since 2007 Gordon has hosted exhibitions of his own art, but has also participated in several individual and joint exhibitions. His works are collected by Uppsala University, which has the second largest art collection in Sweden. Occasionally he is also commissioned to do unconventional portraits, while retaining his artistic freedom.

He paints with oil on plywood and canvas. When he paints he never quite knows what the colors, the material, and the picture will communicate and as a consequence he uses various styles. Gordon is often surprised by the process and the result, and he likes to surprise the viewer as well. Imperfection is often found in his pictures – a crack in the plywood, trickles, scratches, roughness…

Available works (All  work images/text are published with the consent of the artist. All rights reserved, protected by international copy right laws.)

Family Business (Set of 11), Oil on Plywood, 23.6 x 7.9 in (each), 2009

NewYear, Gaza, Oil on Plywood, 39.4 x 47.2 in, 2009

Aliquippa, Oil on Plywood, 47.2 x 94.5 in, 2009

Transformation 1, Oil and spray Paint on Plywood, 15.7 x 31.5 in, 2009, Sold

Transformation 2, Oil and Spray Paint on Plywood, 15.7 x 31.5 in, 2009

Transformation 3, Oil and Spray paint on Plywood, 15.7 x 31.5in, 2009

Is It Gona Rain Soon, Oil on Plywood, 86.6 x 47.2 in, Sold

With Rokia, Oil on Plywood, 23.6 x 9.8 in

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