JENS MALMGREN I create.
Bowl of fruits and a candle
 Lemon and Garlic

An awful painting by any standard

This painting is really awful by any standard. One person asked me: Is it a helicopter flying behind the tree? And the tree what sort is it because it has some really straight branches? And that gray heap in the hedge what is that?

It is not a helicopter; it is supposed to be a magpie. The heap in the hedge is a cat glaring at the magpie.

For years after I made this painting when you least expected it one of these “helicopters” would land in the tree. What is walking in the garden? A “heap”!

Arshak Makichyan, a Russian climate activist.Elliot Connor the conservationistFionnuala 19 AprilPortrait of Patsy on 11 April 2020Showing who I am is resistanceMaddy Anne, 11 March 2020View over the Storsjön lake in Jämtland, Sweden on 5 March 2020Deniz from IstanbulHollands landscapeStill life under lampOur future housePortrait of Helen Jackson from GlasgowStill life painting of vegetablesPortrait of Anna KernahanEmmanuel Niyoyabikoze from Greening Burundi

Jens Malmgren, A Swede in the Netherlands.

Software engineer, tinkerer, gardener, violinist, painter. Producer, DJ, parent, cat and sheep owner.

I write this weekly personal blog about life in the Netherlands and at the cottage in Sweden.

I create.