Welcome to my website!
My name is Sølvi Sanden,
and I am a Norwegian artist.
I paint and draw pictures in oil,
charcoal and pastel.
I usually paint in the old classic, realistic style, - with few colours and a lot of values. Every painting is built up from the ground with stretching of canvas, sizing, grounding and sanding, (8 times) and most of my colours are selfmade of pigments and oil.
I use the best materials that I can find, from Belgium linen to pigments with the highest quality there is.
Some og my portraits are commisions, but I usually have the opportunity to make them in the way I want them.
I simply love people, and I try to find their personality - their soul - in the expressions.
Lights and shadows play an important role in my paintings, and I am extremly fascinated of every value I can see and find in the human skin.
Some times I dream a whole painting and have to rush to my studio as soon as I wake up to try to catch the image.
Stories of different kind can make me want to tell what I feel, and since I am not a writer I paint it.
I usually do a lot of drawings before and after a period of paintings.
If you want to hear more about my paintings and working prosess, please give me a word in my guestbook, and I will answer as soon as I can.
I wish you a wonderful day!