"… the paintings may speak for themself. They live their own lives behind the words.
But something overall may be said after all. I choose to summarize most of my production under the term «motion». Since I througout adult life has been a performing cellist on the side of my civilian profession, has music in mostly been a driving force and inspiration. Music is movement, and movement is an expression of life.
In the same way I experience my painting. In colors is life, music, rhythm. In colors and forms are everything we recognize, but in addition there are infinite opportunities for new discoveries and experiences. We may be affected, seduced, upset and make voyages of discovery in constant dialogue with what we see. Seeing a picture is like hearing a peace of music over and over again. The experience will never be the same.
Most of the time I paint from inner visions where freedom, imagination, rhythm, form and balance are important keywords.
Thus, the same criteria that characterize music. The result is often inpredictable because new opportunities are opening up in the becoming, which in turn can bring the painting into new and surprising paths… " Ingemar Härdelin

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