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from Surtsey series| acrylic on canvas | 2009 | dimensions in cm | acquired 2009| photographed by the artist
Thorunn and I exhibited together in Edinburgh in 2009 at Gladstone Gallery with a show entitled Surtr N Ogygia. At that time, my practice was starting to shift from 2D-3D and I was about to distance myself from painting. However, my foundation in art through the language of paint has influenced my responses to the world around me. At that time both of us were looking at Islands - Thorunn has taken the icelandic island of Surtsey as her focus of study, while I was looking at rock formation around Gozo. Thorunn had an expressive, deliberate and sure mark which I was drawn to. We decided to exhchange a work each and this particular painting stood out because of the range of mark as well as economic execution. For me it stands on its own but it also reminds me of all the engergy of work coming togehter in that exhibition, when mark making was still very important to me.
Further reading | Thorunn Bjornsdottir