Visual Psychology DK

I´m in the process of building a new strain of Art Therapy, because art making can do many good things. Doing art is very helpful for the nervous system and in healing some diseases and mental challenges. It is meditative, flow promoting and boosts positivity hormones.

I do art and it has been a rescue remedy most of my life and therefore I know, from a combination of personal hands on experience and science, that it works.

I have winter blues and at this time of year, I’m caught again by that creeping, annual memory, one that finds me more and more often as time seems to fly faster and faster, of how miserable the weather is here in Denmark from November through mid-March. As the darkness gradually descends and the days retreat into hibernation, I begin to organize, create overview, and focus. It’s an inner mental shift, a transition from external summer time to internal winter time.
Luckily, Denmark has two transitional seasons, spring and autumn, that act as a kind of breathing space for the soul, helping to balance and ease my brain’s wintertime deficiency in hormones: melatonin, serotonin, tryptophan, dopamine … you name it. Ideally, I spend every Danish winter, from December through February, on warmer latitudes than these northern ones.

What I’m doing now, as the darkness deepens, is clearing out the storage, a space that steadily grows, much like my longing for light and colour.
In the process, I’ve uncovered a series of paintings I created while studying art in Berlin. They’ve been lying dormant ever since, but now they’re emerging, not just to bring light and reflective space into my life, but to find new homes.
Each painting carries stories from my time in Berlin: experiments with colours and moods that have been hidden away for years. Now is the time to pass them on.

Is there one that speaks to you? Send me a message, and I’ll tell you more about the individual piece. The paintings are for sale, perfect for bringing colour, energy, and a piece of artistic history into your home.

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I’m not an optimist. I’m just a very serious possibilist. - Hans Rosling