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Everybody agrees that people these days stress too much. The big question is how to avoid being on edge and even turning relaxation and serenity into something we do on borrowed time? When watching the ocean's waves or listening to songbirds sing we should not be concerned with time. Well, some of us need hard healthwise wake up calls before they let go.

I work on it and art has helped me a lot. Doing those macro photos this spring of all the insects also helped by forcing me to slow down and really look closely when I was out in nature.



Time's Up, No More Serenity by the Water's Edge,
acrylics on paper
24x32cm
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Sad to say we have such preconceived opinions on how a doctor looks and a president and a criminal etc etc. Hopefully this president election will have a lasting effect in broading our imagery of how the person with huge powers look- the face of democracy. I am very happy to know that Israel has the second women in the top chair.

There are certain research that conclude with the unfortunate fact that you have a much better chance if you are slim and pretty. Add to that fact that being white and male also in many situations seems to be what will give the best chances, then most of the world's population are at a disadvantage and will need to work harder and often fight prejudice.

This issue about people's look mattering sometimes too much is what inspired this semiabstract. I showed it to an artist friend and her hubby without telling the title and their initial reaction was that this was not a person they would like to meet in a dark street. Which goes to show that we do judge this individual as a potential threat just by the look of his face.







Intimidating, Our Image of a Criminal,
also part of the Made Just For Fun-series
acrylics on paper
27x35cm


If not sold within the first couple of weeks, this will be double mounted and framed and displayed at my next auction.

I visited a lovely artist friend of mine today, Magnhild, and we discussed and worked on which works I should get mounted and framed and how to put it all together for the local exhibition in about 2 months time. (see the six below). I plan on using broad double mounts, black closest to the painting and then white.

acrylics on paper

27x35cm

$100

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As you can see I have continued to play around with the Just for Fun- series painting rough expressionistic black on white semicartoonish figures or animals.

I have a tendency to get very very enthusiastic about new things when I start doing them and LOL can see no reason to put brakes on unless someone can get hurt. In short I embrace whatever can make me feel alive, lately learning to play an instrument again after 30 years. This then is not me being portraited. :-)


Putting the Brakes On, Made Just For Fun-series
acrylics on paper
27x35cm
$100

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Something about the pregnant female figure intrigues me and I therefore ended up imagining this trendy career woman at a meditation class.

acrylics on paper

27x35cm

$100

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Please visit my blog for more of my work. Trine Meyer Vogsland

As the autumn gets stronger day by day bringing autumn rain, darkness and cold weather I very much appreciate living in a warm house living in a country where it takes a lot to become homeless.

Several times during the last 2 years of financial problems in the US, I have heard American aquintances say that yes, it is true: Many are only a couple of paychecks or weeks away from big problems being able to handle basic bills like mortage or rent. I also had a dear friend struggle very hard for a time to get a new job and managing by selling off everything he could on ebay. He also told me how bad he felt for his kids.

I hoped to comment some on that issue by painting someone walking around to keep warm. It was painted for enjoyment as part of my month of painting for fun, yes, but my muse directed me into a subject matter that is very serious.




Homeless and Freezing
acrylics on paper
27x35cm
$100 which will go entirely to the Salvation army.

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Quotes related to the topic

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. - Mother Teresa

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby? - Dustin Hoffman

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. - Pras Michel

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Mohandas Gandhi

Here is another one done painting with rough materials. In contrast to the old angry man of yesterday's post here is a young girl dancing in her own world. I hope you like it and can hear the music she hears within her head

Made Just For Fun - The Young Dancer Practicing
acrylics on paper
27x35cm
$100

Quotes about dancers "Dance isn't a form it's a way of life." ~anonymous "Dancers are the athletes of God." ~Albert Einstein

"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." ~Agnes De Mille

"If dancing were any easier it would be called football." ~anonymous

"Life is a dance, from one stage to the next.

I am very much a thinker and have problems shutting my mind off. Sometimes it is like one gets lost in all the thoughts working in circles within ones mind, also in dreams. Todays painting tries to express some of how that can feel for those of us who thinks too much


Made Just For Fun - Within the Hurricane of Confusion,
acrylics on paper
27x35cm
$100
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