Algrim is a contemporary artist who studied classic art, philosophy, art history and graphic arts.He also went to a drawing and advertisement school and made numerous study tours around the world.
Algrim runs his own artschool in Oslo and applies an old-fashioned technique using an oil/tempra paint of his own recipe, similar to the old masters. This is a very comprehensive and slow technique that very few artists do today. Algrim do all the work himself and do not use assistants. He also makes drawings and graphical artworks.
Algrim is a pondering artist who seeks the transition between heaven and earth. His capability of visualizing the spiritual world is widely acknowledged. He has participated at a number of exhibitions at home and abroad, and his works are purchased by collectors, business companies and hotels all over Europe and the United States.
Algrim is much requested as a portrait painter and has portrayed a number of celebrities.
Award winning artist. Algrim obtained the Best of Show Award in Gemart 2000 in the United States. He is also awarded as artist of the year and have received the crystal gift of honor.
"The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Our thoughts determine the present and future of what is contained within our lives. It’s all about our choices. How and what we choose, upon what we focus, concentrate, or direct our attention, and where we spend our mental and emotional energies -- this is precisely what we will attract or draw to ourselves. And the universe always provides.
"One of the functions of art is to remind us of common humanity. The artist, like the priest, can sometimes remind us that we are bound by an obligation to one another stronger and more lasting than the bonds of politics or economics."
"To defend an artist as original says little about his work except that it is in some way different from what preceded it. As such, originality itself is rarely a strong defense, for it is born more of admiration for audacity and perseverance than necessarily of understanding."