Contrasts, layers and cracks in almost any form, human and situation, is something I´ve always been drawn to. Some how, I think the unpolished adds an inviting note to any relation, thought, interpretation - and piece of art.
My dearest friend had an old beautiful carpet as only physical memory from his childhood home in Kabul – In my interpretation it contained so many contrasts and so much history but also a path for something new and it soon sparked my first idea using the carpet as ingredience in a lot of what I do. The symbolism of the carpet is for me both embracement and retention, security and struggle, a pathway and a past.
In the past when I was a little girl, my granddad sat by his oversized workingtable, drawing Donald Duck for the magazine. I only have a few memories I can remember from my childhood - but this is one of them, I think - me standing spellbound by the enormous table, watching my granddad totally immersed in his work. I never found that special kind of peace and contemplation myself until I started painting again as an adult. My distracted head found a vessel for contemplation.
Thanks for stopping by
Kristine Rydahl
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