Fyrir mig er pensilinn tákn fyrir einskonar töfrasprota, sem framkvæmir galdra í málverkinu, en málverkið er tvívítt en reynir að sýna þrívíðan heim, þetta mér finnst magnað fyrirbrigði þess vegna vill ég líka hafa mikið að gerast í málverkinu eins og í raunheimum, ég lít að listina sem eins konar lífsform í huganum, þetta lífsform er til að hjálpa manninum að skilja sjálfan sig og á góðum degi að nálgast guð.
The art of the brush.
For me, the brush is a symbol of a magic wand, which performs magic in the painting, but the painting is two-dimensional but tries to show a three-dimensional world, I think this is an amazing phenomenon, that’s why I also want a lot to happen in the painting like in real world, I see art as a form of life in the mind , this form of life is to help man understand himself and on a good day approach god.
Portrait of the artist as…..54×63 cm. 1993 aquarelle. Portrett af listamanninum sem…..54×63 cm. 1993 Aquarelle.Ævintyri málverksins. 43x32cm-. 2021 Aquarelle.
The adventure of the painting. 43x32cm-. 2021 Aquarelle.Penslað í Mýrdal.75x55cm.2021 Olía á striga. Brushed in Mýrdal.75x55cm. 2021 2021 Oil on canvas.
Fleiri olíumálverk og aqarellur eftir mig má skoða á Facebook og Instagram. Í íslensku myndlistar senunni síðan á níunda áratugnum.
More oil paintings and watercolors by me can be viewed on Facebook and Instagram.In the Icelandic art scene since the eighties.
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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