Art & music often connects. Music is sometimes an inspiration to art and creativity awakes when you listen to music when you paint.

Oil, acrylic & oil chalk on canvas "By the rivers of Babylon". 100x90 cm. (39,37 x 35,43 Inches).

I felt a deep sence of melancholy during the autumn, but it was an inspirational kind of melancholy (I know it sounds contradictory), that inspired me paint this painting. During the prosess I started to sing an old song that was a disco hit by Boney M when I was younger. When I was seaching for the words in the song I knew it was about Zion, the melancholy I felt was becouse I feel ”home-sick” missing Zion. Sweden is incredibly beautiful, and I am grateful to live here. but Zion is my true home.

Rivers of Babylon is originally a rocksteady song (written by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton with the Jamaican vocalist trio The Melodians). The song based on Psalm 137 and Psalm 19:14, see below.

Psalm 137:1-6

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. We hung our harps upon the poplars. For there our captors made us sing and our tormentors made us entertain, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.” How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a foreign land?

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strenght, and my redeemer.

The original painting can be purchased at singulart.com

"This year has been been about changes and been very challenging. The world has been hit by a terrible pandemic and many have lost their lives. At the same time, I have reached personal goals with my art. Which feels very contradictory, to suddenly be hit off the sad events in the world and cry for those who are struggling, and in the other moment rejoice over my own success in art field.

But I hope my joy can spread a light, a hope to everyone who reads this. Skills take time to develop, even if you got talent. Through faith and hard work comes success. You can never know or plan when this success will happen and how it looks like and where it leads, but I guess it is so for everyone who follows their dreams.

Let the impossible become possible in 2021, open pathways and opportunities for people to get well for those hwo are sick and for bussinesses to bloom and let the new year make it possible for dreams to come true... because the world needs dreamers who walks new pathways"

/Nina Björk

Despite all... this year Nina Björks Art has achieved success. Her art have been exhibit & sold to art collectors from Sweden and abroad.

During february - marsh, the Yad LaBanim Gallery in Israel presented Nina Björk in the exhibit: "How I see the Land". It was a invitation exhibition and also the first time an artist outside Israel was invited to exhibit in the Yad LaBanim Gallery. A great honor and achievement.

During october exhibition Stockholms konstsalong in Sweden. Nina Björk winns the honorable Swedish art associations scholarship 2020

During the year Nina Björk have made several commissionary artwork to art collectors that order portrait. She works on each painting for approximatly one mounth, she skillfully working with each portrait to make it according to your wishes. The portrait you order is the buyers property and only at the buyers discretion, the artist may use the portrait for advertising purposes.

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On the last day of the art fair, a prize was awarded to artists who received recognition.

I was incredibly surprised and honored when I received a scholarship from the Swedish Artists' Association.

The art fair had restrictions that not more then 50 people could be inside at the same time. The hall, was very huge and had lots of space for visitors.

A video from the Stockholm art fair by Johan Björk

I missed the possiblilty to talk with other artists during the art fair, because of the restrictions, not many were there when I visited, but I had the possibility to come and visit the exhibit when my friends were there and to walk around together with them and see all paintings & sculptures by the participated artists. They thought the exhibit had a very high quality.

Thank you all friends, visitors, art associations & art collectors that visited the art fair!