Artwork Description:
Awarded Diploma of Excellence in Artnow, London UK 2005. Awarded Trofeo L Valenti in Cremona 2000-Trofeo L Valenti, Cremona, Italy 2004. Frame size 26x34 inches. The gossamer lightness of a gesture - Richard Solstjarna fascinates me with his suites of paintings. In some of his art I see the gesture - the rapidly sketched sign, a fleeting feeling flashing past - captured, ethereal and beautiful, on paper. My thoughts turn towards to ZEN Buddhism. I think of Japanese calligraphy, that lives a world apart from Western art. I see images that want nothing else but to capture the gesture as a movement, as a beautiful impression of the hearts song, or purity. Stig Ake Stalnacke, International art critic Sweden, member of AICAAssociation Internationale des Critiques dArt. Valuation 14000 Euro by Prof Mickaella Himmelstroem International Art Appraiser, International Jury member, International expertise for art, advisor and vice president for jury exibitions, gallerist Sweden.