Showing posts with label mouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mouse. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Every day in the news we see people fighting and killing their former neighbors in civil wars around the globe. Some people think it is natural that people from different etnical, political or religious backgrounds should fight each other.
 
Fortunately there is also wonderful change to the better in the news. Yesterday during the big Europride parade in Oslo, the capital of Norway, a large group of police joined the parade, not only to support any LGBT police officers but also as a way of symbolizing the massive change from only a few decades ago when they were criminalized and hunted by the police. Being gay was sometimes like a cat and mouse game with the police. Now the police states they are the protectors.   http://www.europride2014.com/?lang=nb/ 
 
Today's painting expresses my hope that even relationsships that look impossible can sometimes be possible.
 
Can we become friends? watercolour on paper 20x29cm $50

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Continuing the theme of finding friends. Today my focus is that we do not have to be similar to be friends and play together.



Let's Play Together,
watercolours on watercolour paper
21x30cm
$45
p&p is FREE






Walking to work on Desember 2. 2009

Monday, September 07, 2009

These days we have the winter ahead of us. Way too muc of the summer and now autumn have been wet this year - very wet - here up north in Europe. That misery is the inspiration of today's ink drawing.


Misery loves company,
ink on thin watercolour paper
21x30cm
$33
p&p is FREE

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Yesterday and today has been quite interesting. Jere in Norway there has been a tremendous interest in the election in the USA and I think 99% is happy with the result. There is a major belief here that we might see a very different cooperation with the States in the future, especially within NATO.

At the moment it looks like my family will be spread around for Christmas. That inspired this play with the cartoonish style.

Alone at Christmas,
watercolours on paper
21x30cm
$35

p&p is FREE











About a week ago, snow suddenly hit this area. Below are a couple of photos from that day.












Saturday, March 15, 2008



The Ghost of Loneliness,
acrylics on canvas panel
18x24cm
SOLD

p&p worldwide is FREE

Quotes on Loneliness

Loneliness
Is
An island
In
The middle
Of
A sea of people
R.R (aged 11)

Loneliness is part of being human.
It reminds us that we are not
Complete in ourselves.
David Runcorn

People are lonely because they build
Walls instead of bridges.
J.Newton

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone.
Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion
for the moment that we're not alone.”
Orson Welles

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.”
Mother Teresa


“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something
to live for, great enough to die for.”
Dag Hammarskjold

“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
T.S. Eliot

“Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good”
John Milton
~ When everyone leaves you it’s loneliness you feel,
when you leave everyone else it’s solitude.

Monday, December 24, 2007

Today was mostly spent getting ready for Christmas

Mouse Climbing Down,


ink on shuen paper


13x17

cm


$50 p&p worldwide included

Friday, December 21, 2007


Happy Among the Berries,

ink on shuen paper

13x17cm

$50 p&p worldwide included


Today has been a very productive day. We did the ususal end of term things at school and after that I have been starting the Christmas cleaning of the house. I am happy to inform you that I have been good and done a few of the less fun stuff LOL youi know under the bathtub and such . . . . . That feels great when done. This mouse I did a few weeks ago. Unfortunately I am too worn out to be able to create anything new tonight.

Monday, December 17, 2007

I have been working very late tonight so no painting today. I will use the opurtunety to post a few I have made earlier instead.
Dormouse
ink on shuen paper
13x17cm
$30 p&p worldwide included
Dormouse Resting in Tree
ink on shuen paper
13x17cm
$30

Monday, December 10, 2007

This weekend I have made another two of my early 2007 paintings ready to travel across the Atlantic. twice weekly visits to the postoffice has become a nice habit.

My cold has found a nice place to settle a couple of places in my lungs. At least that is how it feels. Got new astma meds but have not started using them yet. It has been awhile since I last used them and I did not want the heatbeat I use to get on them. Tomorrow I will have to start my day on them, that is for sure if I am to go to work which I probably will.

My son was home this weekend with my car but I ended up being nice again and the car left together with him tonight so I will have to walk to work tomorrow unless I get a lift with a collegue. I will see how I feel first.

Getting grading and commenting on end of term papers done has been pretty hard this weekend because the cold seemed to have worn me down more than I was prepared for. I am short of breath just by walking around doing normal stuff in the house.


Is it safe down there?,
ink on shuen paper
size: 13x17cm
$30 p & p worldwide with International Prioriy mail included. ( 4-7 days Norway-USA)

Saturday, December 08, 2007

I painted this one last week. Tonight I have spent all evening and night tidying up and washing the house. The cold right after the exhibition meant that it was long overdue. It feels great thought when it is done. :-) Here is another one of my slightly cartoonish rodents.



All that for me - I Think I must sit down
ink on shuen paper
size: 13x17cm
SOLD
p&p International Priority Mail worldwide included, (example: 4-7 days Norway-USA)

Sunday, December 02, 2007


Grooming 1,
ink on shuen paper
size: 14.5x23cm
$50 p&p included worldwide


In Heaven,
ink on shuen paper
size 15x23cm
$30 p&p worldwide included


Grooming before Dinner,

ink on shuen paper

papersize 23x23cm

$30 p&p worldwide included

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Struggling with my cold today and terible rain outside so have had an indoor day reading, coughing and painting.


I just realized that in February the new Chinese New Year starts and that is the year of the RAT so obviously I started painting rats and mice today. LOL. Both my kids and I myself growing up has had numbers of rats, hamsters, mice, guiniea pigs etc etc so as soon as I freshned up my memories I found that they could make lovely images - maybe for cards later. The one I show you here reminds me of when our rats used to try to get us to give them snacks


Begging
ink on shuen paper

paper size approx 12x16cm

$30 p&p worldwide included




Remember I told you about my daughter having made me a Christmas calender? Today opening up the first one, I nearly lost the rest of whatever breath the cold and asthma had left me. Very moving. I am a total weakling when it comes to things like this.
For those of you not understanding Norwegian, of course it says "world's best mum".








I did a couple of bad cats too today. Even though I have no less than 3 cats myself I have started to believe that I will have to spend another year before I am able to paint them. Well it will have to go into that big pile that I keep for possible collage works later. These are for obvious reasons not priced LOL.

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