The artist

A painting is only truly finished when it achieves a delicate balance — poetry and power - the raw and the refined, the stories told, and the ones left unspoken...

There must always be something for the observer to explore.

I often build up the paintings in several layers, before adding the last layers of oil paint. e.g I build up the base of the painting with pulp, old book pages, cut outs of old newspapers or posters. In this way there are fragments of both culture and language mixed in with the stories. Although the paitings are ambiguous, nature and time oftens plays a central part - both Mother nature and the human nature.

Kirsten Marie Hedeland, art writer at the Art magazine Kunstavisen, wrote about my paintings and said:

”… Oozes of volcanic energy and Southern ambiance. In her works, the story lies in the motifs, which are centered on music, landscapes and, in particular, man told in a poetically embracing idiom. There is a good composition in Charlotte's paintings, which are to the extent of color saturation, but in which the colors harmonize harmoniously. We move to the warm end of the color range, where you can really feel the passion and spark of life. The rustic touch and the golden colors lead one's thoughts towards the warmth and temperament of the south. "

When traveling south it is mostly Italy calling, and for the past 10-12 years I have spent part of the summer in Tuscany, where I am constantly inspired by the rustic structures, colors, language and traces of time passing ...
Also up north in Iceland I find great inspiration in the raw and natural landscapes - soon I will travel there again.