Narrative

I was playing around with narrative a while ago and tried som things out, some pieces had a bit too much information, so they got put aside for a while. This piece jumped on my easel this last week, and ended up dealing more with light than narrative.
"Obsidiman in chair". Oil on board, 28x30 cm

Helmet of the Undead

Went to the State gallery the other night and got stuck looking at a painting by LeBrun. Was amased at the lack of detail there actually is and how cunnigly your eye is guided and led to believe there is a lot more details than there is. Inspired by his colour composition I finished off a painting that was waiting for me, to let my mind play around with the concepts the LeBrun painting sparked.

Hatchlings

I have for a long time had an obsession ( I seem to get obsessed about wierd things, boats, the colours of the sky at night) with how a society, like that of the T´skrang of the Earthdawn universe, would surround their babies and the birth of new life with ritual and meaning. In todays globalised society as well as local culture we have set rituals and traditions that are very unique, how unique wouldnt a culture centered around the hatching of an egg be? Lately ive been working with this piece i call "The Hatchlings" to see if I can work through these thoughts and find some kind of satisfactory interpretation.
I really enjoy these kind of paintings, where you give the viewer a look into something more akin to everyday life and culture. These help me give more meaning to the more action oriented pieces I do.

Snowflake

An old character favourite from our local game; Snowflake

The pondering dwarf

A painting i did recently, with a character a friend used to play.

Most recent finished painting

The last few weeks I´ve been working in the glass studio, helping a friend finishing off some blown pieces before his first child. After the whole day in the glass studio and then work, I haven´t had time to play with my brushes as much as I want. But have dropped a day at work and a glass day so am all psyked for some paintings. Finished this one today, will see if I can get in to the studio tomorrow before work and let another one loose. Take care til next time!

Some recent still lifes

Been trying to figure out turning shape with colour, and also doing some research for a couple of paintings for a greek restaurant, by doing som still lifes. Tried taking a week off, and you can see how that went... Instead concentrated on my glasblowing this week and did some clean up in the studio. Somewhere I got some painting done as well. Anyhow, here is this weeks tryouts:



Images from my last assessment

 On the note/tape it says salon des refuses, I thought I was funny...

Here´s a couple of images of my last assessment, in the end I had 27 paintings to show, though only used a few to show what I was trying to do. I´m gonna have a well deserved week off, and then back to the studio. Till next time!

Hi!

Working my way through the last exegesis, and my two final projects and reports. Just a few more weeks left.. So broke off some exegesis and report writing, enjoying my way through articles on Bourdieu and writing about artists as producers of cultural capital, with something a bit less mind numbing... Have a few more similar pieces on the way..

See you soon!

Fan art

So i´m in the last few weeks of my degree, so it´s a bit rough at the moment, but managed to finish off this one today.

Another fan art piece.

See you soon.

A couple of recently finished black and white fan art pieces

Recent work

Welcome to my portfolio blog!

My name is Linus Andersson and I am a third year Visual Arts Undergraduate student.

At the moment I´m studying at Edith Cowan University, but started studying Visual Arts in my native country of Sweden about 5 years ago.

I´m currently looking for freelance illustration work in the fantasy illustration field.

As a start off I would like to show you some pieces that i recently finished.

/ Linus