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It has been a while since I posted anything, in fact it has been even longer since I hold a brush and painted something. I decided to take a break from painting, things around me was more important and I wanted to focus on that. When things around me calmed down and I was able to focus more on myself, additions to our family took priority. Within two months we bought two "Whippet" puppies, Zune (now almost 7 months old, fawn and white) and Brage (7 weeks younger, brindle) a lot of joy and a lot of work.
I am back painting again and will hopefully continue with it. I still got paintings left to post from before my break, so I will mix old and new paintings in future posts.

I start with a painting that I did last year and two pictures of our dogs.....

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I have been exploring and painting landscapes/trees a lot, more or less abstract. I have worked without reference, going with my instinct. I will use photos for references and ideas, but for now I have focused on the shapes of the trees, trying out things.

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The majority of my paintings are still flower explorations, but I do mix things up with exploring trees and landscapes too. I haven't reached the point yet, but planning to do a large landscape painting, the largest so far.

This is a small landscape I did a wile ago. I am trying to find the balance between loose and structure.

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This is a small landscape/forest painting, part of my attempt to find new paths to explore.

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This is the painting right now that inspire most when it comes to trees and landscapes. The problem for me is to not overthink it, not trying to replicate something that was pure instinct and confidence over my own ability.

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I have moved on from flowers to trees, landscapes and forests. I still have flower paintings to show, but will mix a little for variation. This is the first one I did, just went with the flow and didn't have any restrictions.

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I did this a while ago, I tend to go with a theme right now until I get bored or feel that I don't adding anything new to the table. Going smaller mean keeping it simple,clean and not to overwork it with details.

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Going down in size from time to time is fun, just have to keep it clean and not to overwork with details.

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I wanted to push this one a little further than the previous ones, bolder colors, a little rougher etc.

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I wanted to paint an open, low key landscape, experimenting a little. This is the result.

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This is one of my new paintings. It was time to explore trees and landscapes again. Including two "work in progress" pictures.

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This is a painting to get things going. I used a slightly used canvas-board, not a clean slate, but it allowed me to work without expectations. It is rough, but I made it work.

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This is one of a couple of paintings that have been around for a while, but haven't been posted for some reason. This one is from February and I was doing a lot of landscapes and tree paintings, getting ready for my Easter exhibition.

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This painting was a few minutes from being scrapped and re-used for a new painting. I started painting it around 6 months ago, and had a rough time, one minute I loved where it was going, hating it 5 minutes later. I had no idea where I was going. It was not realism ( like I would ever), but it wasn't abstract either.

I just put it aside and thought it would be one of those that wouldn't get finished. It had potential, but it also had it's problems, but I had no vision.

I told my biggest fan and critic what he thought, and he said that he loved it and forbid me to reject it. I took his advice and decided to give it a go, to solve the things I didn't like.

Am not objective right now, but I solved it, and I am pleased with the end result.

I had no idea what picture I had used as reference and had to just to make it work.

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I painted this one to be a companion piece for "Tree Abstraction 61" and be part of my Easter exhibition. It was strange to paint this big and keep the simplicity, not going overboard with details. I had to take my time and make every brush stroke count.

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This is a large painting that is the result after rejecting and painting over a painting that others liked, but I didn't. Starting over is a blessing and a curse. It can give you a freedom to let go since you don't have anything to loose or the existing paint can distract and make it hard to move on. Am not objective enough, but it is a lot better than what was there before.

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Only one month left until my Easter exhibition, and every painting is done and judged from that perspective. It is not a question if a painting is good or bad, the only thing on my mind is if it possible fit to show. This one is large, but one of the smallest ones that I am considering to include in the exhibition. 

Still have to take a better picture of it though.

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This is one of my smaller landscape paintings. I know that it isn't that small, but I don't like going too small, doesn't fit my style of painting. I can go smaller, but I really have to be in the right frame of mind.

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To get started I went to some favorite subjects, but somehow, that didn't work, felt like I was going through the motions. I also had problem with the balance between roughness and control, something that was expected after a 5-6 months break.

After a few wipes and rejects, I got this idea to make a new version of an old painting that I like, but could be improved, so I made this one. It isn't perfect, but it got me starting and gave me that inspiration to start something new.

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I hate waiting, and there is a lot of that going on right now. I still got some paintings that I can post, but I will run out sooner or later.