Iceland home dining

Then when Icelanders think it's summer, they start grilling as they call it, mostly lamb meat and potatoes, maybe some hot dogs, for the kids. it is usually a salad with cucumbers and tomatoes, but sometimes I go further to the complexion of the salat.

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Spring is watercolor.

Some times they say that there is no spring in Iceland, of course it is not correct, but sometimes it is hard to know if it is coming or going away. There fore, it is good to pick up watercolors in the spring, but they can also be a little unpredictable, but it is often called creativity if everything is going its own way.

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Daði Guðbjörnsson

Alter ego DADILISTO

I was born in Reykjavik: May 12, 1954. Grow up Kópavogur close to Reykavik, which was mostly built by refugees, who were not allocated land in Reykjavík for political reasons. Good time for children to play in half builded houses, or go to a small shelter and listen to the communist.
When I was 12 y.o. I decided to become a painter and, as my father resisted, it would not turn back.
After I have learnd Carpentry to make my father happy, I went to The school of Arts and Crafts, and ended up learning experimental art and new art media, I could take all the risks, I had lernd very practical profession to be able to make a living. I did not get started with creating so called “New media”, but began do painting with the good old oil colours. I was a part of movement in the eighties called “New Painting”. I then studied in Amsterdam for a year, mostly of graphic printing, but that time was a great gift for me, since I started working as a professional and have done so mostly since 1983.
I’ve been very lucky! I was one of the first to do, so called “New Panting” in Iceland, this promotion drew attention and I started selling my art works and could make a living in a decent life, all the time until the lucky famous “collapse” of the banks in Ieland, but at that time people mostly have to use their money in pay-as-you-go debt created by our economic system in Iceland, probably one of the worst in the world.
After that crash, I have been doing some extra work: teaching, city walk with tourist and so on, I have alsow been having pepole visiting my studio with some home-made food. But also received a grants.gov support forbig exhibition in Art museum: Kjarvalsadir in 2011. This period has been nice, always good to get new challenges especially if one manages to take advantage of them. I recently had an exhibition of Mokka Kaffi in Reykjavik hat was successful.
I have been doing Sahajayoga for many years and have volunteered to teach and introduce.

Daði Guðbjörnsson

This is a pastel drawing, probably since 1973.

This is a selfportrait as Iceland in the end of the period that I would call “The New Painting”

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An example of my new paintings.

The spring has come.

The spring has come to us, here at the end of the world, we have pulled out the cooking grill.
Good to start grillnseason with trout and couscous salad.
It's cold we have to eat inside, but only about 10-15 that you can eat outside  every summer.

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Weather show that will not be forgotten soon.

Went on not such a high mountain today and enjoyed the beauty of Thingvallavatn and mountain ranges. Thingvellir is one of the most beautiful places in Iceland in my opinion. It was such a weather that made it even like a much higer mountain i vas walking on, the clouds had a live show that will not be forgotten soon.

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Snow Cover on trees.

It's not often there is beautiful Snow Cover on trees here in Reykjavik, not even at Christmas. But this morning, it was as as good as it gets in Iceland, and the turists continue to take pictures of the orange house.

Finding a small spot of sun in Reykjavík.

The winter is very gentle for us here on the land of the ice, but it was a bit heavy to lookat it yesterday, though there is always poible to find; a small spot of sun in our Reykjavík´s mountain Mt. Esja,

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Fusion from Christmas leftover.

Smoked lambmeat is a typical Christmas food in Iceland, usually eaten with baked white sauce with potatoes, green beans and red cabbage.
But I like using it instead of smoked pork, here it is a pasta dish with cream and cheese. Icelanders love; cream and cheese and mushrooms, but that's not necessarily what I use a lot in my cooking, but still I am an ICElander.

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Gleðilegt Sumar. Happy summer.

Gleðilegt sumar.

Samkvæmt gamla Íslenska tímatalinu er sumardagurin fyrsti í dag, það eru ekki allir samála um að sumarið sé raunverulega komið, enda er veðrið ekki alltaf vísbending um að svo sé.

Happy summer.

According to the old Icelandic calendar,it is the summerens first day to day, it is not all all people here agree that the summer is really here and now, as weather is not always summer kind of. We Don't Mind.

Okkar bátur. 30x40 cm Kr: 15500,-
Our boat. 30x40 cm IKr: 15500, -

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At that time as it crawls. Klukkan eða tímin sem skríður.

Klukkan eða tímin sem skríður. 

Þegar maður er ungur er tímin mun ótakmarkaðari auðlind en seinna verður.

Fyrsta myndin er frá upphafi ferilsins, bakgrunnuri á skífuni er nóttin tjáningin óþolinmóð og mótífið sótt í umbúðir utan af sælgætisbréfi.

Á miðju ferlsins er skífan skýjuð og klukku vísa parið skimar eftir sanleikanum í grænu djúpinu.

Á síðustu myndinni hefur tímin breyst í þá sól sem við erum alltaf að mæla og búa til einhverjar hugmyndir um, en húna er uppspretta þess lífs sem við eigum að njóta en ekki bara að mæla.

At that time as it crawls.  

When you are young the time is unlimited resource than will later be.

The first picture is from the early years, the background of clock dials plate is the night and impatient expression in painting and motif applied to the packaging of candy letter.

At the center of the clock dials plate is cloudy and clock refer pointing watcheth true behind of live in the green depths.

In the last painting, time has turned into the sun we are always measuring and create any ideas, but should be the source of life that we enjoy not just measure.

Eftir 3, 66x80 cm 1985 Olía á striga.
After 3 o'clock. 66x80 cm 1985 oil on canvas

Sigurverk.198x199 cm olía á striga 1992
Clock .198 x 199 cm oil on canvas 1992

Sólin. 50x50 cm 2010 Akvarella.
The sun. 50x50 cm 2010 Akvarell.

Natural Congress. Sól á Þingvöllum.

Sól á Þingvöllum.

Það er fegurðin sem dregur mig til Þingvalla, þessi náttúru fegurð er tengd sköpun hvernig landlagið mótast, hvernig landið er að gliðna í sundur og vatnið skrifar sín ljóð eins og það stórskáld eitt kann sem er höfundur alheimsins.

Hið forna alþingi er í huga margra tákn um vel heppnaðan vetvang, til að gera samfélags sáttmála og jafna með þeim er stóðu í deilum. Þó að sú mynd sé eflaust ekki raunsönn, þar sem höfðingjar réðu í krafti auðs og vopna. Enda eru margir sem ekki eru vissir um að allt sé með hinu allra besta móti í samfélaginu Ísland.

Allt frá „Hruni“ hefur þjóðin verið í nokkurs konar biðstöðu, stór hluti landsmanna þurfti að horfast í augu við að ekkert var eins okkur hafði verið sagt og þeir sátu eftir með mis mikið fjárhagslegt tap og flestir með litla trú á stjórnvöldum eða stofnunum samfélagsins, þessi hópur stóð á Austurvelli og mótmælti sem; „Alþingi götunar.“

 Sumir landsmenn biðu eftir að Eyjólfur hressist sá hópur hefur þá væntanlega einhverja trú á því sem stjórnvöld og stofnanir samfélagsins standa fyrir og eru þá væntanlega sátt við núverandi ástand og Alþingi.

Manni finnst stundum að peningahyggjan sé búinn að ná tökum á öllu og augvar hugsjónir à Alþingi. 

Á Þingvöllum er maður staddur á miðju jarðkringlunar annar flekin tilheyrir Amiríku og nýja heiminum en hin hlutin er í gamla heiminum sem virðist vera skárri söminni til, en órólegur með Evrópu eins og góðgjarna ömmu sem ekki má við margnum.

Á  þingvöllum "Þar ríkir fegurðin ein" og mætti segja að ef manninum tækist að virkja fegurðina í sėr og látið hana stjórna, mundi heimurin verða betri staður fyrir gott fólk.

Sun at Thingvellir.

Thingvellir is the place that Icelandic people had the ancient parliament. It is beauty that draws me to Thingvellir, this beauty of natural  is linked to the creation of  the land in time, how the the wether writes his poetry with water and ligth, as it just one poet who is the creator of the universe.

Ever since "Economic collapse" the nation has been in a kind of stagnation, a large part of the population had to face that there was nothing like we had been told, people just got  huge financial losses and most have little faith in the government or community organizations, this group was protesting in front of the Parliament in Reykjavik for many years.

Many people are still unhappy with the corruption in politics and economy.

At Thingvellir is a man standing on the center of the earth by tectonic theory one raft belongs America and new world, but other to the old world with Europe leading old values, so to speak.

It is the beauty that prevails, despite all the conflicts in the world.

Minningar elds. 40x60 cm.
Memories of fire. 40x60 cm.
Mixed media.2017

Forseta fossin. 65x45
The Presidents waterfall. 65x45
Mixed media.2017

Gjáin á milli, Ármannsfell í bakgrunni. 25x40cm
The gap between, Armannsfell in the background. 25x40cm
Mixed media.2017

My exhibion at Gallerí Fold.

BÚRFELL. / FOOD MOUNTAIN.

BÚRFELL.

Fjöll á Íslandi fá oft nafn sitt frá einhverju sem líkist því í formi.

Búrfell fær nafnið vegna þess að það líkist formi  húsa sem maturinn var geymdur í gamla daga.

Þessi mynd er að fara á sýningu í Galleri Fold.

Blönduð tækni Ljósmynd og olíumálverk.

FOOD MOUNTAIN

Mountains in Iceland often get names for something that resembles them in form.

Búrfell given the name because it resembles the form of old houses that food was stored in.

This image is going on an exhibition in Galleri Fold.

Mixed media Photo and oil Paintings.

Búrfell. 60x40. mixed media 2017

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Puffin national hero Iceland. Lundin þjóðhetja Islendinga.

Stundum þú vilt gera eitthvað fallegt fyrir þann sem þú elskar, þessa grafíkmynd (1997) gerði ég fyrir konuna mína, ég man ekki hvers vegna lundinn varð fyrir valinu   til að tjá ást mína, en vegir ástarinnar eru óransakanlegir.

Það voru ekki fjármála snillingar, banka starfsmen, stjórnmálamenn eða verkalýðsforysta sem björguðu efnahag Íslands. Það voru ferðamenn sem fóru að koma í stórum hópum eftir gosið í Eyjafjallajökli. 
Nú hefur  lundinn orðið eins konar táknmynd ferðamannastraumsins, svo nýja grafíkmyndin er meira eins og tjáningá  Íslandi nútímans.
Það voru ekki fjármála snillingar, banka starfsmen, stjórnmálamenn eða verkalýðsforysta sem björguðu efnahag Íslands. Það voru ferðamenn sem fóru að koma ég stórum hópum eftir gosið i Eyjafjallajökli.


Sometimes you want to make something beautiful for whom you love, this print (1997) I made for my wife, I do not remember why this puffin was chosen to express my love, but, expression of love is something probably incomprehensible.
 
It was not financial geniuses, bank employees, politicians or labor leaders who saved the economy of Iceland. There were tourists began to arrive in large groups after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

Now the puffin has becomme like a national bird, so the new print is more like my expression for Iceland to day.

Puffin 1997-Puffin 2017 (Handcolored prints)

Prints by Dadi Gudbjornsson

Ljósmyndir. Some photos.

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Á tíma mótum. At a crossroads.

Á tímamótum.

Stundum þegar maður sér gamla mynd sem maður hefur málað man maður eftir tilfinningu sem fylgdi því að mála myndina, henni get ég ekki lýst hún er í myndinni.

Tímin frá því 1978 hafði verið tímabil nýjamálverksins, einhvern vegin hafði ég á tilfinninguni að sá tími væri liðinn. á myndinni sést hvernig tindar frá miðju myndarinnar vísa í ákveðin form/hluti: Stjarna, hjarta, Þríhyrningur, Ferningu o.s.frv. Það eru leiðir; ég hafði marga mögleika hvernig ég vildi þróast, en ég vildi ekki taka meðvitaða ákvörðun um breytingar, frekar prófa færar leiðir. Skynsamlegra hefði verð að læra uppeldis og kenslufræði og fá sér launaða vinnu. 

Ég kaus að halda áfram að böðlast í málverkinu með hjartað við stjórnvölin en synsemina

blundandi.

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At a crossroads.

Sometimes when you see the old painting by yourself you get the feeling that made you paint the picture, it is something I cannot be said by text only in painting.

The time around 1978 was the period of New Wave Painting, somehow I had the impression that the "new" time had passed. This panting shows how peaks from the center of the panting refer to specific items: a star, heart, triangle, square, etc. There are ways; there were many options, but I would not like to take a conscious decision to amend just for sake of doing something new, I just kept on  panting. Maybe it would have  be wise, to learn pedagogy and get a paid job.

I chose to continue painting with heart at control, but full of doubt of economic security.


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Sett. 1985 Olía á striga. 130x115 cm
A kit. 1985 Oil on canvas.130x115 cm

Fjallahringur.  Olía á striga.2016 45x65 cm
A mountain circle. Oil on canvas.2016 45x65 cm

Norðurljós. Northern lights.

Á þessum árstíma er dimmt hér á norðurslóðum, en bjartari tíð frammundan.

Sagt er ljóðskáldið Einar Benediktsson hafi selt norðurljósin og þótti okkur íslendingum þetta skondin saga hér áður fyrr.

En núna erum við að selja norðurljósin til ferðamanna sem koma til að horfa á þau, sem ég er ekkert hissa á mér hefur alltaf þótt þau heillandi og hef starað á þau og málað myndir þar sem þau koma fyrir.

This season's is dark here in the North, but bright times are coming. 

They say the ancient poet poet Einar Benediktsson has sold the northern lights as such in the heaven, and we the locals think this amusing story of the past.

But now we are selling the northern lights to tourists who come to watch them, I'm not surprised, I have always been the fascinating and have been staring at them and made paintings, in which he northern lights appear.

Norðurljós. 230x200cm Olía á striga 2006
Northern Lights. 230x200cm Oil on canvas 2006

Sól og norðurljós. Olía á striga 70x110 cm 2014
Sun and northern lights. Oil on canvas  70x110 cm 2014

Norðurljós í sjónum. olía á sriga, 70x100 cm 1998
Northern Lights in the sea. Oil on the third, 70x100 cm 1998

Advent Christmas

On december 23,  many Icelanders eat Specific processing skate, it smells a little strong. With this, ate fried lamb greaves. this is a tradition from the Westfjords exept the lamb fat is far more effective to smell.

Skate with, beets, potatoes and greaves.

Fried lamb fat.

My Food page. (still in progress) 

Eyjan bláa. / Island of blue

Þegar við Íslendingar viljum vera hátíðlegir þá tölum við stundum um eyjuna bláu.
Við erum langt norður í hafi og vegirnir hingað eru báðir bláir himin og haf.
Í andlegu umræðu hefðinni er blár litur er oft litur sem táknar; andleg málefni, innsæi, innblástur og innri frið.

When Icelanders want to be festive then we talk sometimes about the island in blue.
We are far north in middle the ocean and the ways to the island are both of them in blue colour; the the sky and the sea.
In spiritual terminology blue colour is often the color of spirituality, intuition, inspiration and inner peace.

Navigate heaven boats. Oil on canvas.150 x 200 cm, 2002-4
Sigla himinfley. Olía á striga.150x200 cm, 2002-4

Blue gulls. Etching, 50x60 cm.50x60 cm.
Bláir mávar. Æting, 50x60 cm.

Blue talks, Oil on canvas.1996 140x100.
Blámæli.Olía á striga. 1996 140x100.

Who is afrait of red yellow and blue. Oil on canvas.1994 140x90 cm.Olía á striga.
Hver er hræddur við rautt gult og blátt. Olía á canvas.1994 140x90 cm.Olía à Striga.

Sólin, The sun.

Sólin er einskonar tákn fyrir sköpunina enda viðheldur hún lífinu og er aðal aflgjafi náttúrunar. Skuggin er afkvæmi ljóssins og er uppspretta fyrir ímyndunaraflið. Sólin hefur verið eitt af uppáhalds myndefni mitt síðustu ár, hringurinn er hið fullkomna form og svo er hægt að spinna endallaus tilbrigði við geisla sólarinnar. Við þurfum hvoru tveggja dagin og nóttina, dagurinn er tími athafna en nóttin er tími hvíldar og endurnýjunar.




The sun is a kind of symbol for creation as it sustains life and is the main power of nature. The shadow is is the source for imagination. The sun has been one of the favorite subjects of my art last years, the circle is the perfect form and you can improvise end loose variation of the rays of the sun. We need both the day and night, day is night time activities but is a time of rest and renewal.

Græn sól.  2015. 90x120 cm. Green sun. 2015. 90x120 cm.

Sólu-fjólublár skór. 2016. 55x40 cm. Sun-purple shoes. 2016. 55x40 cm.

Þrjár sólir. 2015.  70x115cm Three suns. 2015. 70x115cm

Íslands sól. 2015. 45x65 cm. Iceland sun. 2015. 45x65 cm

Sól stafrófið. 2015. 45x65 cm. Solar alphabet. 2015. 45x65 cm.

Stafrænn málari. Translate from: English Digital as a painter.

Það er hægt að nota stafræna vinnslu á ljósmyndum á mismunandi hátt: gera við ljós, lit eða skugga, einnig er hægt að taka út og setja inn nýja mynd hluta.
Ég nota stafræna tækni á svipaðan hátt og þegar ég er að mála það er aðeins hin frjálsa sköpun og listræn löngun mín sem ræður ferðinni.
Hér nota ég hluta úr tveimur myndum af málverkum og tvemur myndum úr landslagi.
Það eru nokkrar svona myndir á Instagram síðunni minni og á Shopvida vefversunini.

It is possible to use digital processing of images in different ways: fixing:  light, color or contrast, can also be taken out and put in, a new picture section.
I use digital technology in a similar way when I'm painting it is only the free creation and artistic my desire that determines the course.
Here I use parts of two images of paintings and two pictures of landscapes.
There are some like photos on Instagram my page and Shop Vida webshop.

Tilbúinn á fjallið. Ready for the mountain. Digital photo.