Now finally it is time for the annual art fair in Stockholm! We have been waiting for this art fair and now it is soon here!

"Autumn Leavs", acrylic & oil on canvas

Welcome to the annual art fair in Stockholm!

During the exhibition there will be restrictions due to the convid19.

The art fair will be at Laval's steam turbine hall.

Directions

"Smokescreen", oil on canvas & "Springscreen", acrylic & oil on canvas

Stockholms konstsalong

The Art-walk in Kungsholmen, Stockholm was a success! So many visitors, art collectors, and art associations walked around the beautiful island to see art & crafts. I enjoy being a part of this wonderful arrangement by the artists for our community. It is an opportunity to influence our part of the city to become a place for artists and artisans. More and more artists and artisans find their way to Kungsholmen in Stockholm and become a member in our nonprofit art association 12 bridges for artist by artists to the people.

We had the opportunity to exhibit art at the big mall Västermalmsgallerian. They have made a Gallery inside the mall. The Gallery is very open and light. It was a joy to have an exhibit there!

Art at the exhibit. Paintings by Nina Björk, and ceramics by Katrina Thollander.

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The contrast between my two Worlds - Sweden & Israel. Love them both in different ways.

Friends & visitors during the exhibit

Courtyard by Marriott had an open space for our 23 artists to have a Group exhibition and art-talk.

Camilla Skorup interviewed Nina Björk about her art.

The artists Katrina Thollander & Nina Björk at the Gallery during the Art walk in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Next year it will be 5-year Jubilee for the popular art-walk created by artists for the people!

See you next year!

Johan Björk short and informative movie about the Art Walk

This painting is about hope. Like the spring, life returns to the fields, hope enters and the dark, cold clouds leaving my canvas.

Painted in oil on canvas, size 63x63 cm.

The beginning of every season has its own phase and the shifting weathers of springtime can be very confusing for both the soul and the body. Suddenly hot like a summer day and then back to cold weather like a winter day. It can be exhausting.

For me, the springtime makes me even more longing to go to Israel. There are the high-season events of both Pesach and Shavuot, and the land starts to blossom after the rain period.

It is a beautiful time.

So what do I go with my longing, I go to my canvas and start painting my dream. Painting is a tool for me to express the thoughts and feelings I have inside.

Often I have an idea of what I want to paint but during the process, it happens things and it can be something else in the final painting. The process very exciting

Do not misunderstand me. Painting is a difficult art that takes time. But without grace impossible to perform regardless of talent.

At the beginning of this painting, I began to gently apply acrylic in a thin layer. Then I started to put on a layer of oil, when it dried after a few days I added another layer of oil ... etc. Even though I have an inside picture of what I want to paint, the end result is often something else because during the process I see other things take shape and that form I go on in childish naivety to see what happens. In this way, the painting becomes an exciting adventure.

This painting has a question,

"What do you see?"

Well, I see a rod of an almond tree.

What does it mean? It means that every word the Creator of heaven and earth speak He will be watching over to perform it. (Jer. 1:11).

Everything has a special season. A time to plant, a time to harvest. A time to be silent, a time to speak. A time to mourn and a time to dance. (parts from Ecc. 3)

Nobody knows his own season, but He who watches over everything knows.

The Menorah has almond knobs in it. It reminds me of The Creator everlasting words.

We need not be fear hearted and doubleminded.

In every season be thankful.

Almond is the first tree that blossoms in the spring and the last one of the trees that lose its leaves in the autumn.

Grace

The Almond testifies of the work and fruit of grace through faith. Almond is a present of honor given to an honorable person. When Jacob sent present to the man of honor in Egypt he sent almond. (Gen. 43:11). In this case, an almond is an acceptable offering, acceptable service.

A gift of honor...

Let hope and light guide your steps.

Love,

/Nina