Monsters //

 

 

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Monsters - what do they want?

 

They want trouble.

 

They are the troublemakers. They are chaos. They are unshaven. Unkempt. Curious. And they are just there, unmovable. They are out of our control. Their nature is trouble and they only answer to nature.

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We want to see them.

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In Nordic Mythology the Gods have great trouble with the troll-like creatures known as Jætter (Jotuns). They are older than the Gods and seem to be a force of nature. In the Nordic creation myth the world is  shaped from the flesh, blood and bones of a killed Jætte. In a way, the world belongs to them as agents of nature, but they are not very friendly, and so they engage in an never ending fight with the Gods. 

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Now it seems the monsters lost the battle. What if the Jotuns had won?

 

Jotuns share a lot of similarities with the demons we know from later Christian demonology. However, the Christian demons live in hell and don't share the same connection to nature. Or do they? 

 

In this series of work named 'Monsters' I've created paintings of monsters and other paintings inspired by isolation in close proximity to nature. They are done on paper, which is sometimes pieced together by smaller pieces, painted with Gouache and water color.

 

I'll will also show translated sections of a short story I wrote where 'monsters' and their troublesome nature play a significant role.