Wenche Skjondal

Wenche was born on the west coast of Norway, in the land of high mountains and deep fjords, where tales of trolls and all kinds of supernatural creatures flourish in the wild nature, as she says herself in the bio you can find in her official site. She was educated in Stockholm and is now living with her family in Cothenburg of Sweden. She is an artist, illustrator and art teacher and the rich Scandinavian folklore with trolls and huldras and gnomes and fairies and spirits of all kinds is featured beautifully in her art. The settings where her fairies and brownies live and play are often flowers with gorgeous colours and lust foliage. The compositions of her paintings are always perfectly balanced. I find her art ethereal and the fairies she paints are as if they are are truly alive! Or should I better say they are truly alive .....

Wenche has yearly exhibitions in Norway and Sweden and her art is collected worldwide. Apart from her official site you can see her paintings at Deviant Art at http://skjon.deviantart.com/ as well as in Epilogue and Elfwood.

I own three of her original paintings and I'm really looking foward to more. Here they are!

Title: Soft Summer Wind

Medium & size: 25x30 cms watercolours on watercolour paper

Image is copyrighted to Wenche Skjondal

http://www.wencheskjondal.net/



Wenche's paintings bring a warm and cozy feeling when you look at them, with their bright yet soft colours sometimes ... and ... don't you fell the soft summer breeze through your hair as well?

Title: Hide and Seek

Medium & size: 22 x 27 cms watercolour & gouache on watercolour paper

Image is copyrighted to Wenche Skjondal

http://www.wencheskjondal.net/



And the third one .....

Title: Playing Faeries

Medium and size: 22 x 27 cms watercolours and gouache on watercolour paper

Image is copyrighted to Wenche Skjondal

http://www.wencheskjondal.net/

I think that I will never get tired of Wenche's art and to me she is among the best fantasy artists of today.