B I O G R A P H Y
Ulf
Enhörning,
born 1956 in Stockholm, Sweden, grew up in Sweden, Canada and the United
States. At an early age his grandmother, Louise Peyron, also a painter,
introduced him to the works of old masters at galleries in Stockholm. She
told him stories about their lives and also encouraged his interest to draw and sculpt his siblings. Salvador
Dali was Ulf’s greatest hero at this time, but when he later
immigrated to Toronto with his family at the age of 15, he was
greatly inspired by the mystical landscape paintings of Lawren
Harris.
At the age of 21, Enhörning was
introduced to oil painting at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His
first painting was of a nude, which he placed in an imaginary landscape
of mountains and a sky full of clouds. Her face resembled a work his
grandmother had painted of his mother. He became obsessed with this
painting and felt the need to work on his own and quickly found a studio
space on campus where the teacher would visit to see his progress. Later
he studied briefly at the Victoria College of Art, Victoria, Canada, but
did not stay long as he felt the teachers were imposing their views too
much.
During his twenties he experimented with
colour discovering a vast world and means of expressing emotion and a
simple but
elegant technique for mixing shadow colours.
In 1983, at the age of 27, Enhörning
returned to Sweden retracing his roots. In Uppsala, he began
a series of geometrical com-positions, exploring colour and its
relative nature. Squares I was the first one in
this
series.
Squares I, 60 x 91 cm, oil on canvas, 1984.
The process felt much the same as musical composition. In 1987,
he had a solo exhibition based upon this theme in Toronto's Yorkville
which he called "visual music". Later that same year,
he returned to British Columbia. There, he continued to paint,
write songs for voice and guitar, and study electronic music
at the University of Victoria. He had previously worked with
one of the first computer music systems in the world, the Structured
Sound Synthesis Project (SSSP) at the University of Toronto.
In 1992, he painted She
as an expression of his feelings for a woman. In his search
for colours that would express his feelings, he found a new palette
of soft pastels in a warm glow.
She..., 50 x 60 cm, oil on canvas, 1995.
Having previously painted
with more contrast, Ulf was now drawn to a gentler world of less
contrast and warmer colours bringing an ethereal light to his
essentially empty landscapes of land, sea and sky. Sometimes, these
landscapes are seen from inside a house, through a window or door.
The viewer escapes the confining interior of convention and
tradition to wide open spaces to distant horizons of hope and to
sensual cloud formations free from a rigid man-made world dominated
by static straight lines of logic.
Inside-outside II, 76 x 91 cm, oil on canvas, 1987.
There is a deliberate dichotomy in his dialog between opposite
elements; inside and outside, architectural and natural, straight
and curved, shadow and light, confinement and open space, reality
and dream. His work has been compared to Lawren Harris, René Magritte and Christopher
Pratt in its surrealistic quality and architectural elements.
In the spring of 1999, Ulf had a solo show at "Bean around
the World" in Victoria, BC, Canada. He had several paintings
looking through windows, but had introduced a new perspective.
The viewer was now invited to look down at an angle through a
window opening to restful fields of patched farmland spotted by shadows of clouds.
Inspired by a
good review, Ulf decided to take the idea further and began Cloud
Shadows while his show was still running. This became
the first painting in a series of aerial views. He now removed
the window frame entirely and tilted the angle 90 degrees to the horizontal - straight down.
Cloud shadows, 122 x 122 cm, oil on canvas, 2001.
In a sense he had returned to the colour compositions he
had begun in Sweden in 1985, but the squares now consisted of
patches of farmland. However, he would still choose the colours
of the fields in much the same way he would compose his abstract
paintings or music.
In the summer of 1999, Ulf went back to Sweden for a family reunion.
There, he began his large series of miniature paintings. The small
format allowed him to make quick painting sketches outside and to
expand his visual vocabulary.
House in Gysinge, 15 x 15 cm, oil on panel, 2013.
Since then, he has
painted more outside in what he calls the large studio where
the ceiling is really high. There is an endless amount of things to
paint outside, but he still paints with the same adherence to a
sense of balance. He uses the real world as raw material and then transforms it into his own
vision.
View from Mt. Maxwell, 20 x 20 cm, oil on linen, 2002.
In the winter of 2001 he stayed in
Vero Beach, Florida where he worked on a theme song to
be presented at Toronto's bid for the 2008 summer Olympics. This
song, Stars Shining, was later performed by a choir
of 150 children. In the
spring of 2001, Ulf drove diagonally across America from Florida
to British Columbia, the west coast of Canada. This trip took
three weeks and has been documented with photographs in his diary. He stayed a couple of years
on Salt Spring Island and in 2004 he went to Portugal to find
inspiration for an upcoming show in Stockholm, Sweden.
During the winter 2004/2005, he drove to Algarve, Portugal and painted landscapes and cityscapes
on site. Having built a bed in his car by removing the passenger seat and a box on his roof painted with clouds, it enabled
him to travel around the country and paint.
Car with passenger bed and cloud box.
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S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S (63)
2024 Gästrik Konst, Gysinge, Sweden.
2023 Galleri Riddaren, Köpmanbrinken 8, Stockholm, 111 31, Sweden.
2023 Gästrik Konst, Dragonen, Gysinge, Sweden.
2022 Galleri K, N. Kopparslagarg 18, Gävle, Sweden.
2018 Studio Show, Alsikegatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Västerviks Teater & Konferens Konsthall, Västervik, Sweden.
2018 Akademiska sjukhuset, Sjukhusvägen 7 (ingång 70), Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Le Petit Moulin i Kvarnen, Vaksalagatan 30, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Kultur vid Ekoln, Sandavägen 1 och 3, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Elverket Djursholm, Danderydsvägen 4C, Djursholm, Sweden.
2018 Svensk Konsthandel, Dragarbrunnsgatan 56, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Föreningslokalen Hansen, Skattungbyn (Orsa), Sweden.
2018 Träffstugan, Landsvägen 500, Skattungbyn (Orsa), Sweden.
2017 Kultur vid Ekoln, Sandavägen 1 och 3, Uppsala, Sweden.
2016 Open Studio Show, Alsikegatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Kulturnatten, Dombron, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Crêperie Lemoni, S:t Olofsgatan 32E, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Blåsenhus, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Överby Gård Konstcentrum, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2014 Galleri K, N. Kopparslagargatan 18, Gävle, Sweden.
2014 NBV Kulturpalatset, Nygatan 38, Örebro, Sweden.
2013 Studio Show, Alsikegatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden.
2013 Kulturnatten, Dombron, Uppsala, Sweden.
2012 Konst på väg - Studio show, Harfall, Elinge, Sweden.
2011 Bondbönnan, Vallgatan 43, Fjugesta, Sweden.
2011 Kulturnatten, Dombron, Uppsala, Sweden.
2011 Studio Show, Frövi Soldattorp, Sofiero 103, Fjugesta, Sweden.
2011 Uppsala Domkyrka, Domkyrkoplan, Uppsala, Sweden.
2010 Kulturnatten, Dombron, Uppsala, Sweden.
2009 Galleri Gunnrummet, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 Galleri Gunnrummet, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2007 Galleri Gunnrummet, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2006 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2006 Galleri Ramverket, Kungsängsgatan 23, Uppsala, Sweden.
2005 Creem, Fleminggatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2004 Karuna Centre Gallery, 202-1025 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC, Canada.
2003 Barb's Buns, 1-121 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2003 McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2002 Moby's Marine Pub, 124 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2000 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2000 Kulturnatten, Dombron, Uppsala, Sweden.
2000 Valegården-Verkstan, Alsikegatan 6, Uppsala, Sweden.
1999 Galleri Lilla G, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
1999 Eko Cafeét, Drottninggatan 5, Uppsala, Sweden.
1998 Bean Around the World, 533 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1997 Studio Show, 426 St. Lawrence Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1995 Private Show, 302-75 Crescent Road, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1994 Galleri M2, Strandvägen 17, Stockholm, BC, Sweden.
1994 Studio Show, 5-1419 Fort Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1993 Nievaart Gallery, 9769-C 5th Street, Sidney, BC, Canada.
1993 Robert Delaney Gallery, 1049 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
1992 Swan's Gold Room, 506 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1991 Studio Show, 1131 McKenzie Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1991 Zigfreid's Restaurant, 755 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1990 Northern Passage Gallery, 1020 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1987 Gallery Hittite, 107 Scollard Street, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1986 Ungdomens Hus, Svartbäcksgatan 32, Uppsala, Sweden.
1985 Ahimsa, Sankt Eriks Gränd 6, Uppsala, Sweden.
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S (94)
2024 Art Eindhoven, Klokgebouw , Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2023 Konst i Gysinge, Stora Järnboden
Granövägen, Gysinge, Sweden.
2023 Art Eindhoven, Klokgebouw , Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2022 Rossocinabro Gallery, Via Raffaele Cadorna 28, Rome, Italy.
2022 Venice International Art Fair, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.
2021 Jurybedömd Höstsalong, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2021 Länskonst 2021, Söderhamn, Sweden.
2020 Zeitgeist Art Show, Saluhallen, Uppsala, Sweden.
2019 Överbysalongen 2019, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2018 Ekolsnäs, Lövängsvägen 49, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Wik Folhögskola, Viks mur 35, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Svensk Konsthandel, Dragarbrunnsgatan 56, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Kulturernas Karneval, Engelska Parken, Uppsala, Sweden.
2018 Spring Party with Art & Music, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden.
2018 Galleri Upsala, Svartbäcksgatan 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 Galleri Upsala, Svartbäcksgatan 21, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 Kultur vid Ekoln, Sandavägen 1 och 3, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 Kulturernas Karneval, Engelska Parken, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 Edsvik Art Fair 2017, Landsnoravägen 42, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2017 Konst På Väg, Bruksgatan 3, Tobo, Sweden.
2017 The Best of Juried Competition, 500 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
2016 Öppen Hamn på Nationaldagen, Statsparken vid Fyrisån, Uppsala, Sweden.
2016 Kulturernas Karneval, Engelska Parken, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Uppsala konstmuseum, Drottning Christinas väg 1E, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Ulva Julmarknad, Ulva Kvarn, Sweden.
2015 Jurybedömd Höstsalong, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2015 Öppen Hamn på Nationaldagen, Statsparken vid Fyrisån, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Kulturernas Karneval, Fredenshus vid Uppsala slott, Uppsala, Sweden.
2015 Gästrik Konst 2015, Hantverksbutiken, Gysinge, Sweden.
2014 Julmarknad i Eriksberg, Granitvägen 12-14, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Hågaby Christmas Show, Hågavägen 190, Hågaby, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Julmarknad i Hammarskog, Herrgården i Hammarskog, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Julmarknad, Arlandastad, Märsta, Sweden.
2014 Ulva Julmarknad, Ulva Kvarn, Sweden.
2014 Jurybedömd Höstsalong, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2014 NBV Kulturpalatset, Nygatan 38, Örebro, Sweden.
2014 Galleri R.K., Prästgatan 27, Nora, Sweden.
2014 Öppen Hamn på Nationaldagen, Statsparken vid Fyrisån, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Kulturernas Karneval, Botaniska Trädgården, Uppsala, Sweden.
2014 Gästrik Konst 2014, Stora Järnboden, Gysinge, Sweden.
2013 ArtLab på Kvarnen, Vaksalagatan 30, Uppsala, Sweden.
2013 Hågaby Christmas Show, Hågavägen 190, Hågaby, Uppsala, Sweden.
2013 Ulva Julmarknad, Ulva Kvarn, Sweden.
2013 Jurybedömd Höstsalong, Överby Manbyggnaden, Sollentuna, Sweden.
2013 Art Lab, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala, Sweden.
2013 Linnés Kammare, Vallhovs Säteri 8, Jumkil, Bälinge, Sweden.
2013 Stora Järnboden, Gysinge, Sweden.
2013 Rädda Barnen, Örebro, Sweden.
2012 The Gallery by the River, 5592 Poplar Lane, Royal Oak, MD, USA.
2011 Örebro Konsthall, Olaigatan 17 B, Örebro, Sweden.
2010 Galleri Konstskaparna, Sätuna, Björklinge, Sweden.
2009 Galleri Konstskaparna, Sätuna, Björklinge, Sweden.
2005 Galleri Gunnrummet, Västerlånggatan 56, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Galleri Linné, Svartbäcksgatan 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
2005 Lions Club Lokalen, Risgatan 2, Smedjebacken, Sweden.
2004 Fat Cat Fine Art, 1800 Store Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2004 Galleri Linné, Svartbäcksgatan 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
2003 16th Annual Moss Street Paint-In, Moss Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2003 ArtSpring, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2003 LaRoche Fine Art Gallery, Seaport, Sidney, BC, Canada.
2002 ArtCraft - Mahon Hall, 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2002 Look 2002, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2002 ArtSpring, 100 Jackson Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2002 Dale's Gallery, 537 Fisgard Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2002 Fran Willis Gallery, 200-1619 Store Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2002 Pegasus Gallery, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2001 Fran Willis Gallery, 200-1619 Store Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2001 Mahon Hall, 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
2001 Stephen Lowe Art Gallery, 752 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2000 Galleri Konstskaparna, Sätuna, Björklinge, Sweden.
1999 Demitasse Coffee Bar, 1320 Blanshard Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1998 Gladwell Gallery, 1820 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1998 Herald Street Caffe, 546 Herald Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1997 Fine Art '97, Sooke Arena, Sooke, BC, Canada.
1997 Mantra Interior Design, 589 Toronto Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1996 Birgit's Hair Design, 8416 Main Street, Williamsville, NY, USA.
1996 Mantra Interior Design, 589 Toronto Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1996 Mocambo Coffee, 1028 Blanshard Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1996 Wilhelmina's Art Gallery, 864 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, USA.
1994 Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1994 Look '94, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
1993 Look '93, 1212 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Kaleidoscope Theatre, 715 Yates Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Kaleidoscope Theatre, 520 Herald Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Herald Street Caffe, 546 Herald Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Look '92, 1212 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Northern Passage Gallery, 1020 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1992 Quin Gallery, 1413 Government Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1991 Aurora Borealis, 46 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA.
1990 Chauney's Restaurant, 712 Humboldt Street, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1989 Big Art Society, 14 Fan Tan Alley, Victoria, BC, Canada.
1987 Gallery St. Luke, 3123 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1987 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, City Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada.
1984 Föreningsbanken, Gamla Torget 5, Uppsala, Sweden.
C U R R E N T E X H I B I T I O N
There is no current exhibition.
U P C O M I N G E X H I B I T I O N
There is no upcoming exhibition scheduled.
P R I V A T E C O L L E C T I O N S
Robert Allington, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Roland Andersson, Uppsala, Sweden.
Ragnar and Margareta Beck, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Francie C., Alberta, Canada.
Carl Johan and Elisabet Carlberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christer and Anna Carlberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
Carl Cedricsson, Uppsala, Sweden.
Arthur och Helena Chmielewski, Stockholm, Sweden.
Susan Cogan, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
Birgitta Conradson, Danderyd, Sweden.
Mats Conradson, Sollentuna, Sweden.
Anders Dahlquist, Uppsala, Sweden.
Margareta Douglas, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Gunilla Ek, Uppsala, Sweden.
Olof Elwin, Motala, Sweden.
Brock Fricker, Toronto, Canada.
Andrew Gardiner, Manchester, England.
Renie Grosser, Victoria, BC, Canada.
William Hardy, Uppsala, Sweden.
Ingrid Hedénius, Uppsala, Sweden.
Ulla Hindbeck, Uppsala, Sweden.
Shirley Hollingsworth, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Donna Iverson, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Robert Kaplan, William's Lake, BC, Canada.
Kee Ng, Uppsala, Sweden.
Barbara Leuty and Rick Brater, Seattle, WA, USA.
Randi Lindebø, Kristiansand, Norway.
Claes and Lone Lundgren, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Alan Mayhew, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Catherine McNabb, Singapore.
Hélène Meurer, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada.
Ted and Mary Mills, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Stephen Nierenburg, Inrederiet, Sollentuna, Sweden.
Solvig Nilsson, Uppsala, Sweden.
Willy Palm, Uppsala, Sweden.
Alan Rycroft and Kealey Pringle, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Monika Stenqvist Asplund, Järlåsa, Sweden.
William and Muriel Tassie, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Gene and Jane Toscani, Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA.
Stephen and Jeanette Varga, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Guy Wallster, Täby, Sweden.
Jin Wong, Victoria, BC, Canada.
* a collection is defined here as three or more paintings.
A R T I S T ' S S T A T E M E N T
The process of painting, for me, is a continual search for balance
between all opposite elements; not too bright - not too dark, not too
colourful - not too grey, not too cluttered - not too barren, not too
strong - not too weak, not too controlled - not too free. The
interesting thing is that there seems to be an intuitive knowledge of
where this balance lies. Painting allows one to familiarize oneself with
this inner feeling of balance guided by one's taste. And because of this feeling one is able to be
critical and tell oneself, "no, that is too bright, I need to tone that
down" or "I need to make this section less cluttered". Through this critical process of editing one gradually approaches
balance and beauty. It is as if I am tuning the forms and colours
in the painting like the strings of a guitar. And even though I may
approach balanced beauty, I never really achieve it, which is what makes
me want to try again and again. I feel that as long as there is a sense
of preference pointing in the direction of perfection, there must exist
an ideal beauty somewhere.
The quest for this is the grand joy and mystery of art.
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Soppmässan
Many paintings are featured throughout this book about a weekly charity meal in Uppsala, 2008.
BC Festival of Arts
(listing in catalogue), summer 2002.
PRISM international
(cover of), contemporary writing from Canada and around the World, winter 1994.
West Coast Reflections
(cover of), November 1991.
R E V I E W S
June 14, 1998.
Talent seek an audience
A coffee shop in Chinatown is featuring
the new paintings of Ulf Enhörning (Bean Around the World,
533 Fisgard St., until June 28). In any other community, Enhörning's
oils might be proudly displayed in more august surroundings,
but here in Victoria there seem to be too many painters and not
enough galleries (and buyers...).
Enhörning's precisely delineated style looks like realism but it's more dreamlike
than that. He paints cloudscapes with a sure hand and a haunting
sense of form that seems at times hallucinogenic. Those curious
cumuli scud across a pastel landscape where rolling hills are
sometimes populated by tall houses that might be at home in Alice's
wonderland.
Most effective are the bare rooms he envisions, with windows that open out on
to vacant seascapes. Pale morning sunlight slant geometrically
down the walls and across the hardwood floor, bringing with it
the mystery of Magritte and Christopher Pratt.
Though this show is uneven, some of these paintings are the most memorable now
on view in Victoria. Enhörning is an artist who hasn't found
his audience, but he certainly has talent.
by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, Canada.
June 25, 1994.
Ulf Enhörning is another artist who has taken matters in his own hands, yet
the result is a far cry from the Cement Plant Gallery.
Enhörning is a painter whose work has been shown here and there (Quin Gallery,
Nievart Gallery, Look '93...). It may be his nature, at once
loquacious and yet lacking in self confidence, that keeps him
from being a hit in the commercial galleries. Or it may be his
paintings, which are well-made but various in style and intentions.
Enhörning expresses puzzled bemusement at the gallery world. People here
seem impressed when he mentions his show in Stockholm, Sweden
in May of this year, and in Sweden they seem impressed when he
mentions his shows in Canada...but in fact, in neither place
did the shows bring him fame and fortune.
At the moment, he lives in a spacious third-floor apartment in
an old building at 1419 Fort St. and has hung his paintings all
the way up the stair well and in the room at the top.
Enhörning is a talented oil painter. Some of his pictures
are dark-toned abstractions with lots of cellular elements. Others
are colour-field patterns with a light, even tonality. Colorful
icebergs and midnight suns allude to a Nordic environment.
Most appealing to me are his essentially empty landscapes. Primal
elements (mountains, waves, receding hills, lollipop trees) are
revealed in a bleached light, free from all narrative. These
stripped forms bring to mind the paintings of Winnipeg artist
L. Fitzgerald and the icebergs may allude to Lawren Harris.
In fact, these paintings bear spiritual aspirations, just like
Harris revealed his theosophical beliefs through the northern
landscape. The radiant mountain scenes of Nicholas Roerich carry
the same message. "The glory in nature that really is there
all the time", is Enhörning's stated inspiration. The
material world is a vibration which, when you tune into it, opens
to reveal a divine light.
The artist told me he has personally had profound experiences,
"the sky opened, the heavens were singing, the glory of
God was everywhere". He continued, telling me that it is
"very important that people know that life is not just a
material existence. It is very powerful in everybody's heart,
this brotherly love and sisterly love. I don't know when it's
going to happen", he continued alluding to the millennium,
"but I know it's going to happen".
Enhörning's paintings frequently reveal this attitude, making
a powerful and peaceful statement about the underlying realities
of life. Some of these images go a long way to enrich the life
of a sympathetic person, and in this case the paintings are sold
at prices somewhat below wholesale.
If you have confidence in your taste and don't mind seeking art
in a musty old apartment, check it out.
by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Once a large oil of an arch framing clouds over waves caught my eye. A delicately
colored guitar forms a poetic counterpoint to this smoothly painted
idyll. The artist, Ulf Enhörning, has been on the fringe
of acceptance in Victoria's art world, seen at the Quin Gallery
and cafes for years. How could we not have noticed him before.
And how is it that no one has come up with $1,500 to buy this
large and graceful original?
by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria, BC, Canada.
