Linnea's work is in the form of Contemporary Watercolour.
My intention, to spark personal recollections in the viewer from an unconventional perspective, moving pigments that are suspended, extracting pigments, manipulating the smallest pigments creating layers of transparent colour, playing on depth with slight transitions to add complexity and mystery within the surface, leaving a translucent history. I see these layers as a metaphor for life; the pigmented puddles are the quiet moments of rest, absorbing over time, the layers we create from memories, dreams and reflections. Some unseen solid layers and some layers seeing right through to the first brush stroke.
My work is reframing watercolour, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve. I like to refer to artwork painted in Contemporary Watercolour and Inks as “living works of art.” Translating places into pigments, into works of art that hold a place within them a connection that resonates with the viewer! Controlled pigments only to a glimpse of premeditation, ending in energy transformation!
To achieve this, my work is about the movement, manipulation and responding to colour transformations and the pigment itself. "Watercolour isn’t just a medium—it’s alive. The pigments shift, transform, and respond, shaping themselves into something unexpected. Ultimately, my work is reframing watercolour, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve." Rediscover watercolour, fall in love again.
