Marit Geraldine Bostad
My Secret is Yours
Marit Geraldine Bostad
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My Secret is Yours
Acrylic on canvas
125 x 105 cm
About Marit Geraldine Bostad:
Marit Geraldine is originally an Art Director, with 10 years of visual projects within film, illustration and consept building in Oslo. Besides the commercial work she has always been painting - taking part in small scale art projects. In 2010 she left the art direction field for good. A change she has never regretted. ”To work with my hands and feel the materials is essential to me. I got lost in my computer, the real world became distant, cold. I simply had to get rid of all the filters and short commands, and so I did”.
Materials:
I mostly paint with acrylic paint on canvas. Sometimes I reinforce a color or an expression with oil paint at the end of the process. I only use the best canvas which contains 11 % synthetic material in the mix.. This makes the canvas very solid and long lasting, not to mention great to work with.
The paint I use is only the very best and has long-lasting, eco-friendly qualities. The colors stay the same year after year with great resistance against both light and erosion. These materials keeps the artwork at its best, regardless of time.
I love my acrylic paint called Neptun, Artist Acrylics. It allows me to be spontaneous. I have painted with oil, but to continue a new layer you have to pause. I loose the nerve and the real presence, returning to the piece hours and days later. The time acrylic paint takes to dry (which is not so long) I actively use in my painting process. Sometimes "I mess up» my «perfect» motive when it is almost dry. Other times I want a sober touch and add water in the mix. The acrylic has so many great sides, and a lot of times people ask if I paint with oil. Just because I can make it look oily, thick and classic.
Materials have a great impact in the process of making an artwork. It allows you to reach beyond imagination. Surprise yourself, every time. Push you further and develop your own artistic identity.
Exhibitions:
Soloshow, Traktern Oct 2011
«Come Closer» Soloshow, Traktern Oct 2014
Part of the regular exhibition at Pikìlia Galleri og håndverk, April - Des 2014
«Gatelangs» Pop-up exhibition downtown in Hortens Storgate, June 2015
Pop-up exhibition in The historical worker buildings (Brakkene) Sept/Okt 2015
«Note to self» soloshow in Geraldine Gallery Nov/Des 2015
The Other Art Fair London, April 2016.
Embellishment of Balderklinikken, Oslo June 2016
Art festival / Galleri Tingshus, August 2016
The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art, London, October 2016.
Lions Group Show / Tønsberg – Slottsfjellet / Nov 2016.
The Edinburgh Art Fair, represented by Gaudi Gallery / Nov 2016.