Þrátt fyrir að vera mikið „lokaður“ inni í vinnustofunni eða kannski vegna þess hefur vinnan gengið vel og er ég frekar sáttur við þessar nýju myndir sem eru unnar með olíu á striga og ég held mig við mín uppáhalds viðfangsefni: Sólina, hjartað, jökla og dulmögn þessarar ástríðu minnar og skapa eitthvað og vona að það gæti gefið ljós á þessum einkennilega tíma. Lífið hjá mér er samt í einhverjum skorðum, maður fer út að labba og getur farið í sum galleríin sem eru opin og fylgst með þvi sem aðrir eru að gera í íslenskri myndlist, það er ánægjulegt að fylgjast með hvernig fólk leggur sig framm um að lifa lífinnu og kannski er þetta góður tími fyrir listirnar þrátt fyrir allt, ég veit það ekki.
Despite being a lot “closed” inside the studio or maybe because of that the work has gone well and I am rather satisfied with these new paintings,thei are painted with oil on canvas and I stick to my favorite subjects: the sun, the heart, glaciers and the mystery of this passion of mine: to create something and hope that it could give light to others at this unbelevable time. My life is still in order, you can go out for a walk and you can go to some galleries that are open and see what others are doing in Icelandic art, it is a nice to see how people try to live their live and maybe this is a good time for creative arts after all, I do not know.
Dagur til að skapa, Olía á stiga, 40×35 cm. 2020.…………..A day to create. Oil on canvas.Sól í sólskinsskapi, Olía á striga ……..Sun in the sunny mood. Oil on canvas.45×35 2020Hjartað er ekki steinn. Olía á striga. 45×25 cm. 2020………………The heart is not a stone. Oil on canvas. 45×25 cm. 2020Einhyrningur í ævintýri.Olía á striga………… Unicorn in a fairy tale.Oil on canvas. 40×45 cm 2020Jökulskalli. Olía á striga……….Glacier-skull.Oil on canvas, 40x35cm 2020
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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