drawing in my studio sunday with the model

THIS WEEK LOCAL NEWS

UPCOMMING IN NYC :

Torild Stray will participate in the 13th annual White Box benefit action honoring Ai Weiwei with the Richard J.Massey Foundation- White Box Arts and Humane Award

http://issuu.com/whiteboxart/docs/artist_postcards

Wednesday April 25, 2012 6-10PM

 White  Box  Gallery

329 Broome Street

New York, NY 10002

                                                   NEW PAINTING

This is a large oil  painting that I have been working on for a while. It is starting to come together in a new way now, through drawing and redrawing and colors are building up and my first idea of making a white painting is still there but infused with new and other whites.
Industry City studio Brooklyn ,T.STRAY

The viking language Rune means "Secret knowledge and wisdom".

The combination of my nordic/norwegian background ,with its dramatic harsh and beautiful landscape and unique light (summernights and borealis).

The Nordic mystery and darkness,the depths in the psycke combined with the unique experience of
new york and the urban cityscape -

neonlights and the intensity of the melting pot.

To me this contrast releases a new painting language where the content is timeless and the imagery has healing qualities and like the runes share something from the depth of mankind, beyond life end death.

The imagery like the runes can bring out a direct pure and intuitive image.

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