Mixed media exhibition
Obskura
Obskura is an exhibition exploring fear and paranoia, created during and in response to COVID-19. Inspired by Nordic folklore and Sigmund Freud’s book The Uncanny, the exhibition draws parallels between ancient superstitions and fears that emerged during the pandemic. The 14 works reimagine mythological creatures through contemporary paintings and poems, combining acrylic paint with materials such as bones, poisonous mushrooms and graveyard soil.
Bäckahäst
160x117cm
Acrylic, spray paint, fishnet, varnish
Walking near freshwater be on your guard
Lake, river, stream is his front yard
Danger is near when you hear the hooves
Slowly in water towards you he moves
So calm and handsome, no violent attack
You feel an urge to climb onto his back
He drags you down into the water
Drowns you in a speechless slaughter
Kyrkogrim
116x89cm
Acrylic, soil from a fresh grave at a cemetery, varnish
A Christian tradition we all forgot
In history books a gruesome spot
When building churches at a time
There took place a brutal crime
Under the building buried alive
The purpose was for it to revive
Made into a weak-willed ghost
Church became its guarding post
To this duty forever bound
Now a slave once a hound
At night begins the graveyard shift
Ghostly patrol, lonely drift
Spiritus
100x65cm
Acrylic, spray paint, bones, varnish
Only the brave seeks for this
A demon from Devil’s abyss
River at night, angle and wait
Finally it will take your bait
Small in size, don’t be deceived
Powers great shall be revealed
Rewards its new master with gifts
A Spiritus your life fully shifts
Endless wealth comes with a price
As Satan wants soul sacrifice
Give it up before too late
Greediness has end date
Mara
100x100cm
Acrylic, various varnish
In silence she enters the sleepy bedroom
And you feel how the mood start gloom
The creature in darkness looks like a cat
Crawling slowly across your floormat
Mara is the most unwanted guest
who is now sitting right on your chest
Begins to poison mind and dream
You cannot move you cannot scream
Prepare yourself for this nightly mare
Add in the bedroom a certain snare
The mara loves a puzzling riddle
forgets her attack right in the middle
Tomtetroll
116x81cm
Acrylic, spray, dried Fly Agaric mushroom, varnish
Tomte, nisse, goblin, gnome
We welcome into our home
But if we break their own rules
They punish us to look like fools
Trolls are seen to be the worst
Feared by all and to hell cursed
A beast was also once a child
But got damaged when exiled
Who is bad and who is good
Some are just misunderstood
Few are truly foul inside
Consider that before decide
Kjällrå
81x62cm
Acrylic, dried reed, varnish
At a pond on your own
Ever felt you’re not alone
Sensing someone’s habitat
At the water calm and flat
On the surface sudden rings
Needles is to fear these things
The Sjörå is a shy fellow
Watching you from the below
Show itself is very rare
Keep in mind and beware
Don’t gaze in the waterhole
It gets nervous, steals your soul
Gruvrå
81x62cm
Acrylic, stones, epoxy resin
Enter with cautions a mine or a cave
Insults and curses will be your grave
She wants not disturbance of peace
Bothered she will her fury release
Enter with greed or noisily sound
You will be trapped deep underground
Stones shall fall tunnels shall flood
She doubts not to act in cold blood
Enter with honour your life will be spared
Even treasures to you will be shared
The Gruvrå lady is not hostile inside
Guarding the mountain with highest pride
Skogsrå
81x62cm
Acrylic, dried and pressed Rowan leaves, varnish
The beauty of a forest deep
A peace of mind you want to keep
All the greens feel like a bath
Suddenly you lost your path
Enjoy yourself but be aware
She’s watching you, she´s everywhere
Start to feel the Skogsrå’s spell
A wish in woods forever dwell
Havsrå
116x81cm
Acrylic, stones, epoxy resin
The mighty ruler of open seas
A clever skipper will her please
Fight her not, tells old tales
Havsrå gives us wind in sails
Protector of marine creatures
Decides the stormy water’s features
Treat the ocean with respect
Or she makes us all shipwrecked
Nattramn
100x100cm
Acrylic, spray paint, feathers, various varnish
Sorrow awaiting below dark skies
Especially where the lone raven flies
In fact not a bird but a haunted soul
Suicide victim now trapped in a hole
Heaven is closed for one who arrives
Unwelcomed they that took their own lives
Can’t rest in peace now doomed to the night
Drifting in misery ‘til morning light
Lindorm
170x100cm
Acrylic, dried and minced Linden leaves, varnish
Much more than a giant snake
A status sworn to undertake
Kneel down for the reptile king
Or chaos it will your life bring
The royal skin is cold and white
Rules alone no guard no knight
Castle near old linden trees
Hear below the roots its wheeze
Underground it guards the gold
Tight around the treasure rolled
Brave ones try to kill and steal
Then it will true rage reveal
Bjära
100x74cm
Acrylic, wool yarn, varnish
A creature crafted by a witch
Robs the farmers, makes her rich
Sneaks into the cattle house
Sucking empty all their cows
The price of milk is high as gold
Kept us through the winters cold
Stealing it, an awful crime
Leaves behind just yellow slime
Many tales of Bjära’s looks
A rabbit says the faithful books
But victims saw a ball of yarn
Rolling out from plundered barn
Gloson
100x92cm
Acrylic, metallic paint, nails, varnish
Smell of metal fills the air
Golden eyes in shadows stare
Silhouette with pointy tusk
Gloson’s hunt begins at dusk
Her life consists of nightly raids
Skin and hair are sharp a blades
On her back the biggest spikes
That are used for deadly strikes
Bursts between the victim’s legs
Splits in twain like hardboiled eggs
There’s no reason for her wrath
Keep away from crossing path
Myling
116x39cm
Acrylic, varnish
A victim of a rapist’s assault
Everyone judges, it is her own fault
The mother knows her child is not wanted
Kills while crying, the new-born gets haunted
The dead infant’s soul will forever be scarred
The body is not allowed in the graveyard
An unbaptized child cannot rest there
The Myling fills with hate and despair
The mother is caught, sentenced to death
For killing her new-born at the first breath
The angry dead child start walking the earth
Murderous revenges to find its self-worth
