Contemporary Art & Design presents Gunnel Wåhlstrand "Lindholmen"

"Lindholmen" is the second or third work in a production that today, 20 years later, consists of only 50 works. The painting is executed in black ink and sepia on watercolour paper in a time-consuming process in which the ink is applied in thin layers and the motif is controlled with the help of ink in different intensities and different pressures in the brushwork. The bright areas must be protected and saved. One small mistake and the work must be discarded and started again.

The model for 'Lindholmen' is a photograph probably taken by the artist's father in the 1960s. Wåhlstrand says that this particular photograph has always been in the family, it was in the box she had as a child. She remembers that during the process of creating the work, she accidentally tipped the ink bottle all over the sky and that she thought long and hard about whether or not chance should be involved in the final result. She eventually decided to try to stay as close to the original photograph as possible, adding nothing deliberate or random. She started again.

The work is sold at Contemporary Art & Design