Statement
I could boil down my subject matter to two things - people and the city. To me, painting is both therapy, an exploration and an attempt to belong. As a foreign national in Denmark, I'm fighting the feelings of alienation by painting the world around us here and now, inside and out. - something we all can relate to.
I'm exploring various states of being human - both close-up and personal, but also on larger scale - around us in the city. I variate between long and detailed painting process and quick and expressive, a mix of carefully thought out strokes and happy accidents. I prefer acrylics on account of the vast variety of options in texture, opacity, drying time and effect paints. It's very satisfying to learn the different characteristics of certain pigments and additives. I work mainly from photographs I have taken myself, trying to capture a feeling rather than just copy a scene. On occasion I venture outside and work en plein air.
© 2017-2022 Laura Jurjane Moosgaard
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