BIO en Français • (ENGLISH Bio scroll down)
Née à Copenhague en 1970 dans une famille d’artistes et de créateurs, elle grandit dans un environnement où l’esthétique et l’art de vivre occupent une place essentielle. Son père, designer danois, concevait des objets en teck destinés à l’art de la table, aujourd’hui exposés dans des musées en ligne. Sa mère, française, fut d’abord styliste haute couture avant de fonder sa propre maison de mode à Ibiza. Son oncle, sculpteur et peintre abstrait, poursuit son œuvre dans son atelier sur cette même île.
Très tôt, son parcours est marqué par les voyages et la découverte d’horizons multiples. Son enfance la mène à Bangkok, où elle vit deux ans et demi et s’imprègne de la profusion végétale qui caractérise la ville. C’est là qu’elle apprend le thaï comme première langue. En 1975, le divorce de ses parents la conduit à Ibiza, alors un véritable creuset culturel où se côtoient artistes, hippies, exilés politiques et âmes libres venues des quatre coins du monde.
Le dessin l’accompagne depuis toujours. Après des études d’Arts appliqués à l’École des Beaux-Arts d’Olot, en Catalogne, elle se spécialise dans le graphisme et exerce pendant quinze ans dans le domaine du web. Ce n’est que plus tard qu’elle se tourne vers l’aquarelle, médium qu’elle explore depuis huit ans avec passion.
Fascinée par l’architecture, elle est particulièrement sensible au charme des villes portuaires, aux bateaux de pêche et aux traces laissées par le temps sur les façades. Peindre est pour elle une source de joie, un moment de méditation, une manière d’interpréter le monde à travers son regard.
Son optimisme, forgé au contact de proches ayant traversé des épreuves marquées par la guerre et la perte, est une réponse lumineuse à l’adversité. Elle a souvent eu l’impression de nager dans des eaux sombres sous des ciels lourds, mais une maladie survenue dans la trentaine lui a ouvert les yeux sur la fragilité et la beauté de l’existence. Guérie, elle en retire une vision plus claire de ses priorités.
Aujourd’hui, dans la cinquantaine, elle aborde cette nouvelle étape de vie comme une renaissance. Plutôt que de redouter le passage du temps, elle choisit d’en savourer chaque instant. Depuis qu’elle s’est lancée dans l’aventure des cartes postales à Antibes, elle a la chance de rencontrer des personnes de tous âges partageant la même philosophie : profiter pleinement de la vie, car elle est précieuse et, surtout, elle passe vite – encore plus lorsqu’on s’amuse.
ENGLISH BIO
Born in Copenhagen in 1970 to a family of artists and creatives, she grew up in an environment where aesthetics and the art of living played an essential role. Her Danish father was a designer of teak tableware, now exhibited in online museums. Her French mother was first a haute couture stylist before founding her own fashion business in Ibiza. Her uncle, a sculptor and abstract painter, continues his work in his studio on the island.
From an early age, her journey was shaped by travel and the discovery of new horizons. Her childhood took her to Bangkok, where she lived for two and a half years, absorbing the city’s lush vegetation. It was there that she learned Thai as her first language. In 1975, after her parents’ divorce, she moved to Ibiza, a vibrant cultural melting pot where artists, hippies, political exiles, and free spirits from around the world converged.
Drawing has always been part of her life. She pursued Applied Arts studies at the Fine Arts School of Olot in Catalonia, specializing in graphic design, and worked as a web graphic designer for fifteen years. It was only later that she turned to watercolor painting, a medium she has been exploring with passion for the past eight years.
Fascinated by architecture, she has a particular affection for coastal cities, fishing boats, and the marks that time leaves on facades. Painting is a source of joy for her, a form of meditation, a way of interpreting the world through her eyes.
Her optimism, shaped by the presence of loved ones who endured the hardships of war and loss, is her way of responding to adversity. She often felt as if she were swimming in dark waters beneath heavy gray skies, but a serious illness in her thirties gave her a new perspective on life’s fragility and beauty. Having recovered, she gained a clearer understanding of her priorities.
Now in her fifties, she embraces this new phase of life as a fresh beginning. Rather than fearing the passage of time, she chooses to savor every moment. Since embarking on the adventure of creating postcards in Antibes, she has been fortunate to meet people of all ages who share her philosophy: to make the most of life, because it is precious—and, above all, it passes quickly, especially when you’re having fun.
My own interview
Since when do you paint ?
I have started painting since Spring 2017, I decided to add colour to my drawings by doing a challenge of painting a fish a day for 100days. In spite of having studied art for 6 years, I had never used watercolor. But I draw since I was 4 or 5y old.
Do you have an exhibition ?
All my art is exposed in postcards in Antibes in daily four shops, one in Biot and one in Juan les pins.
I don’t feel the need to do a proper exhibition yet. Maybe in a few years.
Do you have a studio ?
Not yet. I paint at home where ever there’s free space and nice light. I also like to keep company to my two cats. I have a precise idea of my dream studio and I’m sure one day it will show up.
Why don't you do commissions anymore ?
I have been doing commissions since I started painting for the last 8 years and now I have too many painting ideas on my own. It’s time for me to paint what is in my list to paint.
How do you proceed when you paint ?
I usually wonder in town and observe, enjoy the moment and then I see something I want to paint. I take a picture and I draw it at home most of the time. I’m not too confortable drawing outdoors with people passing and checking what I’m drawing.
It can take from two to four hours to draw with many details. After that I need a pause. I might come back later or another day to ink the drawing leaving some areas to ink after the watercolor.
Then comes the watercolor moment, I need to feel in a special spirit, fresh, with energy to paint. The light outside is important. It has to be bright and colorful. It can take just two hours or many more because some parts are difficult and need a lot of concentration so I get distracted after a while. Or I get interrupted by people at home coming to talk to me while I paint. I don’t really appreciate that.
Then I ink some details like on shutters, plants, people, etc.
The paint needs to rest at least a whole night so I can look at it with fresh eyes and see what’s missing or needed.
How do you proceed with the postcards ?
Once my painting is finished, I scan it with my A3 scanner in high resolution and then I work on it in Photoshop. It needs cleaning spots and mistakes. Then on a new document I create a file of a postcard size with what’s needed for it to be printed with “Antibes” on it too. I also create a back side for the post card. Once the two files are ready I send them to one of my online printers.
About 7 or 10 days later I receive them. Make packets of 25 cards and go to deliver them to all the shops I’m used to work with in town.