For a person who paints, it is really unnecessary to make a presentation of one’s self. The pictures themselves reveal one’s character and interests. And the choice of links also conveys a certain amount of information.

It is still the case that my life and my art are built upon the "trauma" that five years at the Academy of Fine Arts created.

When I finished there in 1985, I had discarded everything that I had done and even all of the studies that I had completed before starting there (I had already previously completed 5 years’ education in the Arts).

I had lost both my self-confidence and my self-esteem.

If someone I happened to meet should say “Hi!” then I would look behind me to see if there was someone else they were greeting. I was unsure that I even “existed”.

All of the still-lifes are really a desperate attempt to create a new foundation and to keep me within reality. And now in 2010, thankfully, I no longer possess that need.

Now I have returned to "body in space" and the inner picture of a big bloody elephant that entered my head around 1981. There and then I was interrupted. There and then I cracked.

And now, in order to re-find my inner strength, I am forced to return to that period and start again.

But good lord, that is all of 30 years ago! And it is just such a length of time that it has taken to build a new life and become a new person.

I am very grateful that I have been able to work 50 % of the time since 1998 as a complement to my art, for it is this work that has given me positive feedback and improved my self-esteem.

Another decisive influence has been my partner Mats whom I met in 2000, thanks to him I dare to explore the mind’s many nooks and crannies, safe in the knowledge that he is always there as a sensible person with integrity, and not always agreeing with me either! To have a different opinion is to show respect for the other person.

He is also the person who finds all of the interesting books and films that help me during my ponderings. My interest in horror movies receives first-rate support, and many old classics are constantly being found. He is even able to recommend a book on psychology for every thought that appears.

The most important thing for me is to be a complete person and to know who I am, and painting is just one part of that process.