Island þýðir eyja á ensku, það er sannkallað réttnefni.
Eyjan var ótrúlega einangruð til skamms tíma þó það sé margt öðruvísi, vegna ódýrara flugs og iternetsins.
Að kalla landið eftir ís mun þó upphaflega hafa verið til að halda fólki frá landinu, það dugar þó ekki lengur, hingað vilja allir koma núna.
Skerið er langrt úti í hafi og veður váglynd; meira svona innan dyra, en við höldum samt áfram enda góð kynding í húsum og alveg hægt að mála innan dyra.
Ísland means an island in English, it’s a realy true.
The island was incredibly isolated through history, although it is very different to day, due to cheaper flights and iternets.
Give the country a name from ice cream, however was originally to keep people a way from the country, but it’s no longer feasible, so here everyone wants to come now a days.
The rock is far a way in the sea and the weather is windy and cold; more to be inside the houses, but we still keep providing good heating in the houses and quite possible to make painting inside.
Stundum veit maður ekki hvað er land og hvað er sjór. Sometimes you do not know what’s land and what’s the sea.
Tví sigling. 70 x 40 cm Olía á striga. 2018
Two sailing. 70x40cm Oil on canvas. 2018
Lives and work as an artist in Reykjavik.
Alter ego DADILISTO
I was born in Reykjavik: May 12, 1954. Grow up Kópavogur close to Reykavik, which was mostly built by refugees, who were not allocated land in Reykjavík for political reasons. Good time for children to play in half builded houses, or go to a small shelter and listen to the communist.
When I was 12 y.o. I decided to become a painter and, as my father resisted, it would not turn back.
After I have learnd Carpentry to make my father happy, I went to The school of Arts and Crafts, and ended up learning experimental art and new art media, I could take all the risks, I had lernd very practical profession to be able to make a living. I did not get started with creating so called “New media”, but began do painting with the good old oil colours. I was a part of movement in the eighties called “New Painting”. I then studied in Amsterdam for a year, mostly of graphic printing, but that time was a great gift for me, since I started working as a professional and have done so mostly since 1983.
I’ve been very lucky! I was one of the first to do, so called “New Panting” in Iceland, this promotion drew attention and I started selling my art works and could make a living in a decent life, all the time until the lucky famous “collapse” of the banks in Ieland, but at that time people mostly have to use their money in pay-as-you-go debt created by our economic system in Iceland, probably one of the worst in the world.
After that crash, I have been doing some extra work: teaching, city walk with tourist and so on, I have alsow been having pepole visiting my studio with some home-made food. But also received a grants.gov support for big exhibition in Art museum: Kjarvalsadir in 2011. This period has been nice, always good to get new challenges especially if one manages to take advantage of them. I recently had an exhibition of Mokka Kaffi in Reykjavik hat was successful.
I have been doing Sahajayoga for many years and have volunteered to teach and introduce.
Daði Guðbjörnsson
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