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Anneli Nilsson - A profile of an Abstract Artist
Artist's Statement: "Inspiration for my artwork always starts with photographs. I use the camera as a creative tool and as an extension of my eye, when exploring ideas for my expressive abstract paintings. In my most recent work, I am searching for new ways of exploring and developing my photographs of rock structures and seascapes. What excites me about the rock structures are the layers and many different textures and inscriptions in them. There is so much history in them that I want to explore in my art. The ever changing sea and sky are other strong themes in my paintings. The inspiration comes from the landscape around my studio on the island of Åstol just north of Gothenburg, in the Swedish archipelago on the West Coast. Here I am surrounded by an abundance of natural forms. Layering and texture are important aspects in the technique I use. I often start a painting with a black base and then work and rework the surface with colours, which is almost like working from a negative. As I prefer to use a piece of rag rather than a brush, I see myself "sculpting" the image rather than painting it.I always mix my own paint to get the colours I want to use for an artwork. For me this is very important in the creative process. I need to feel that the colours are absolutely right for the purpose. I find myself almost absorbed by the photograph I want to express in a painting, going back to the feeling I had when I took the photograph. Mixing the colours is an almost spiritual step in this process. Artistic inspiration comes from artists as varied
as Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, the photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Bill Brand
and the land artist Andy Goldsworthy. I also find artists such as David Hockney,
Gerard Richter and Nicolas de Stael very inspiring."
Curriculum Vitae Anneli Nilsson was born 1961 in Gothenburg, Sweden Education:
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