Artist statement

As a former lawyer, rules and regulations played a dominant role in her life. As an artist, MC finds it especially liberating to play, “mash it up” and let the process lead the way.  She uses mixed media, acrylics and gold to explore the interplay between abstract and figurative, on both canvas and paper. MC also enjoys photographing as an important part of her artistic expression.

Deeply inspired by Mother Earth, MC is fascinated by nature’s palette and motifs, in which she finds escape from everyday life and where she can breathe. MC challenges today’s hectic life by observing a deceptively simple single flower, accessible for everyone. She asks us to consider, what feelings arise? And then to examine the flower’s hue, intensity, value and temperature – to smell, breathe and then let go.

 In her “POPPY love” collection consisting of many individual poppies, the poppies represent life. The poppy, with its thin stem, bends in the storm but afterward it stands just as straight. “You can bend, but not break” - is MC’s motto in life.

 MC is also profoundly interested in the body and soul as a whole. As a woman living with chronic pain, the peace she finds when making art is profound. This is when time stands still for her. The experience of art has always been visceral for MC. She recalls as a child feeling art with her whole body. And today she still gets an overwhelming feeling in her chest when she sees art that excites her. For MC art made from the heart is a direct way to communicate from one soul to another soul, across language and time, like her favorite piece “La chambre bleue” made by Suzanne Valadon over 100 years ago.

 Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am”. But for MC it is “I draw, therefore I am”.

Art CV

Art course

July 2023 - Online “Portrait Class” by Brandi Hofer
February 2024 - Online class “Paint your heart out” by Victoria Rose Park
April 2025 - Online Master Class 2025 by Studio Celine

Collective exhibitions

April 2023 “Art and glam” by Female Artists Oslo, Strand restaurant
May 2023 “Does size Matter” by Female Artists Oslo, Radisson Red, Løren, Oslo
June - July 2023 “Motherhood” by Female Artists Oslo, FAO art HUB
July - August 2025 “Wish you were here” by A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Solo exhibition

May 2025 - “The Sacred Space” by Art by MC, Gallery OMK, Briskeby

Featured

November 2024 Patreon, post about Art by MC by artist Paulina Ree

Membership

2023 - Female Artists Oslo
2024 - Oslo Malerklubb (OMK)