Eila Maaret Forsström 1.4.-17.4. 2005

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)

I continue to work in France. All the works featured in my forthcoming exhibition were painted this winter in a small coastal town in Southern France.  

The motifs in my paintings mostly revolve around a human figure or portrait. Paintings other than portraits in the exhibition are there to create the milieu and to bring a certain kind of ambience to the whole. As in my previous exhibitions, the works are oil paintings on various metallic bases. However, I have now started to use a new painting base, shiny, black acrylic plastic, which appeals since it forms a complete contrast to the white base frequently used.

My paintings are representative, but not in the traditional, as if " prepared " sense. I have rather sought to achieve a certain fleetingness, a " Flash " impression.

Eila Maaret Forsström

 

LABYRINTHE, 2005 oil on aluminium 85 x 75 cm	GRANDE SOIRÉE, 2005 oil on aluminium 85 x 80 cm
THOUGHTS, 2005 from the series Instant Figures oil on acryl 35 x 30 cm	NEVER AGAIN, 2005 from the series Instant Figures oil on acryl 35 x 30 cm
SILHOUETTE, 2005 oil on aluminium 35 x 30 cm	NOIRE BLANC, 2005 oil on aluminium 60 x 55 cm
DANDY, 2005 oil on aluminium 75 x 65 cm	DÉFILÉ, 2005 oil on polished steel 24 x 18 cm
FILLE Á LA BALANCOIRE, 2005 oil on acryl 40 x 23 cm	AVANT SCENE, 2005 öljy alumiinille 50 x 40 cm
SCÉNARIO, 2005 oil on polished steel 30 x 35 cm

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