The Whole Story

I have always been a creater and performer, but my painting days started 10 years ago, back home in Norway. 

 

After finishing high school, I took a leap-year at Agder Folk School in the south of Norway. There, I wanted to spend my days dabbling in drawing, painting and printmaking before embarking on the make-or-break years of college and emerging adulthood. 

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Little did I know I was starting a journey that would bring me across The Atlantic, or that I would not put my paintbrushes down ever since. 

 

The spark turned into a flame and I decided to make the south of Norway my home for a little while longer. I studied Art & Handcraft at the University og Agder, which happened to have an exchange program with Montclair State University, NJ. 

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I left for my four month long exchange in August of 2016, and met the love of my life a few short weeks later, a local film student named Jackson.

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Once we both graduated, we eloped to Colorado and made Denver our home. I started working as a painting instructor for a local paint & sip studio, and we were fortunate to purchase the business the following year. Along followed three and a half years of blood, sweat, laughter and tears in a prosperous small business ownership endeavour.  

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After five years in Colorado, it was time to move closer to our families. We sold the business and moved back to New Jersey with our dog, Putter, and three-legged cat, Easel. In May of 2023 we welcomed a perfect baby girl. With the gained experience and passion of painting for crowds, live wedding painting felt like the perfect next step in my painting career. 

 

When painting from life, I experience the joy of being present, and I hope to share that joy with you!  

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