STELLA IM HULTBERG



Stella is a talented young artist from NYC currently living in Brookyln. I discovered her work a few years ago in natural connection with Audrey Kawasaki's (also amazing!). Her larger paintings mainly use watercolour, ink or oils on textured paper. I love her use of easy flowing lines and the depth of colour she manages to build up with thin layers of watercolour. At the same time her work isn't too heavy and in your face but soft, delicate and feminine (like Lilly Piri, check her out too!). To me Stella is the epitome of a modern day Pre-Raphealite; painting beautiful women in soft settings and flattering lights. She isn't trying to make any sweeping feminist statements, just drawing and painting women in their natural beauty. LOVE.

"When I begin a painting, I don’t start with a clear idea or message. The early stages are abstract and vague and the work then develops organically as I paint. There’s no specific concept but a blurry idea I try to clarify as each layer of paint is built up.

An underlying unifying theme of identities and duality seems to permeate much of my work. Identity as a human being, the frail and the strong; identity as an individual; identity in relation to others or the environment; and even dual, overlapped, confused identities.

The process of creating a painting is what intrigues me most, like finding pieces of a puzzle. The figures (women) in my paintings are a vessel through which I can connect with the world. The unseen moments, the unspoken words, the indescribable emotions that permeate much of our lives… those are the elements I try to capture and represent through the figures in my work. "

I find her sketchbook work particularly inspiring as I try to keep a regular sketchbook myself (scans soon if anything worthwhile surfaces) and I think sketches are the where the true skill of an artist can be found. See?



For further work/info check out Stella's:
Website: http://www.stellaimhultberg.com/
Blog: http://stellaimhultberg.blogspot.com/

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