I have a friend.

I have the most talanted friend. Her name is Mikaela Elf and she’s also an illustrator. She makes the most fantastic pictures and I’m a big fan! She uses scraper board and photoshop. Enjoy!  © Mikaela Elf

Somedays…

Somedays you shouldn’t even have gone out of bed… My brain doesn’t work today, I even told my body to go for a walk – it just didn’t! Somedays you should just lay in bed… thinking it’s OK to be anti-creative.

The color of Friday is: Bright.

I went to a big flea-market on Wednesday. I don’t lie when I say that the old people there actually pushed me aside! And they didn’t listen to what I had to say about it! They just kept on taking whatever they saw, mostly easter decorations. But hey! Don’t you have a LIFETIME of ester decorations AT HOME?! Should I get really really mad or just laugh about it? I laughed. I just couldn’t lower my self to their level…

While I had the opportunity I grabbed a few things and ran! But look how bright and happy my table looks.

Working, raking, screaming, crying.

A spring storm has hit Öland. I hope all the leaves will blow away! Far away… I’m still working with a promotion for ME. So I just dropped in to say HI!

To my niece who’s 3 years today, and to my little sister who turned 30 yesterday I yell: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! See you soon.

And while I’m at it: To the birthday children Markus and Heléne; Have a great releaseparty on saturday! What’s with march?

My love for Arne Jacobsen.

I do. I love Arne Jacobsen’s work! Looking trough my old folders filled with years of work, I found these illustrations. For a school project YEARS ago we went to the art museum Louisiana in Denmark to look at an Arne Jacobsen exihibition. I know he did lots of nice work with chairs and things, but the object I love the most must be this absolutely wonderful gas station!

I give to you: A summer’s meadow.

Longing.

I just can’t wait for the sun to come here… We need the light and the warmth. It’s freezing cold outside! I want to see what is growing in my garden. I want to sit outside and drink my coffee. NOW! 

Old stuff.

Looking through my work I came over some pretty old things I’ve done. Like this second picture beneath. Like many others I also wanted to draw fashion. Like Stina Wirsén or Liselotte Watkins, two of the most talanted artists you can find! But I didn’t make it. I couldn’t. For a long time I actually wanted to be broad, wanted to be good at every manner to get more jobs… After a while you get more and more performance anxiety and you loose faith in your ability. You just can’t be anyone but… you. 

The real Lena:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lena Wannabe: