JENS MALMGREN I create.
Scarlett Johansson portrait, acrylic
 Model with dark curly hair

Korean model

During 2009 I came to the gallery De Stoker just occasionally for model sessions and I did not have much time to work on the fine details of the paintings. I made this painting 22 of November 2009. Usually I could attend one 3 hour session so I had to finish the painting in those 3 hours. It can be highly frustrating to work under time pressure but it can also do something nice to the art. When working fast it can happen that I get “a direct connection between what the eyes can see and what is created on the canvas”. In retrospect I can see that I had problems with making the arms longer but at the time of making this painting I was really proud of the result. I was learning a how to paint a new medium and I was learning how to paint models. That is a whole lot of new things to learn.
Suzana 8 March 2020Sam 1 March 2020Suzana 23 February 2020Helen 16 February 2020Helen 2 February 2020Eva 19 January 2020Portrait of HansFlower Portrait of Meconopsis Cambria on 12 DecemberSusanne 8 DecemberSusanne 1 DecemberEivor 24 November 2019Eivor 17 November 2017Eivor 10 November 2019Portrait of Nina on 3rd of November 2019Hanna 20 Januray 2019

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.