Celebrating my World of Art Award
2006
The
World of Art
Award (WAA) is granted to artists, galleries and museums that are
pursuing "best practices" in art and culture.
This competition seeks to
attract artists, galleries, museums who are redefining standards
of art
excellence challenging existing trends and tendencies in art and
culture.
any of my images
below
I'll publish in numbered and signed
prints in limited edition - edition 100
serigraph quality colors on canvas - redefining
standards
of art
excellence challenging existing trends and tendencies in art...
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on ArtWanted.com/lonvig in Salt lake City ![]() Inspired by keywords like mental health, state of mind, manic depression, major depression, bipolar condition, Serotonine syndrome...disintegration...then red paint has been thrown temperamentally... Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: An excellent abstract! Excellent. Gorgeus powerful creation!!!! Gorgeous and magnific creation Asbjorn!!! MAN ! OOO! MAN! THIS IS GREAT!!! TOTALLY INSANE BUT REALLY COOL...I LOVE IT...VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR USUAL THINGS IN HERE...WOW! EXCELLENT USE OF COLORS AND FANTASTIC FREEDOM...LIKE A COLOSSAL CATHARSIS. SINCERELY CB ![]() Inspired by architecture. Inspired by the headquarters of a financial institution in Aarhus, Denmark. The building is from 1926, built by architect Axel Berg. It was the Danish National Bank. 1 Cathedral Square is Domkirkepladsen 1 in Danish. ![]() Inspired by architecture. 7 North Street - in Danish it is Nørregade 7 - in Haderslev, Denmark. That's the local headquarters of an insurance company. Haderslev belonged to Germany until 1920. You might see that in the architecture. ![]() Inspired by architecture. Inspired by the headquarters of Jyske Bank in Haderslev, Denmark. Haderslev architecture is kind of German. We know what New Amsterdam is. But Little Hamburg might be appropriate for Haderslev. Haderslev belonged to Germany until 1920. You might see that in the architecture. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: THIS VIBRATES LITERALLY...I LIKE IT VERY MUCH...THE WHITE BUILDING AND ALL THE CRIMSON DOORS AND THE DARK WINDOWS...LIKE A HEART THAT HOLDS MANY ROOMS AND HIDDEN THOUGHTS... LOTS OF IMPACT, STRIKING USE OF COLORS...I KNOW PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T THINK OF THIS LIKE I DO...BUT THE SUBCONSCIOUS SUGGESTIONS ARE THERE...I THINK OF HUMANS AS HOUSES AND HOUSES AS HUMAN...WE ARE JUST EXTENSIONS AND DIMENSIONS OF ALL THINGS...JUST A THOUGHT...I LIKE THE WAY YOU USE BOLD COLORS AND SHAPES TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS...BLESSINGS BE YOURS...SINCERELY CB ![]() Inspired by the tower of the City Hall in Aarhus, Denmark. Designed by the famous Danish architect Arne Jacobsen. He who designed the Ant Chair back in 1952. See about Arne Jacobsen on Wihipedia, the free encyclopedia. ![]() Yellow Butterfly was used in blu in a logo to Hans Christian Andersen Festival Plays in The Funen Village in Odense, where Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805. 2nd April to be exact. The musical was "Thumbelina" ("Little Tiny"). Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Love this simple, powerful design! ![]() Heaven's Door, Asbjorn Lonvig. Celebrating the World of Art Award by offering huge serigraphs on canvas. Inspired by the entrance of Bygholm Castle, Horsens, Denmark. ![]() Marselisborg Castle, Aarhus, Denmark. ![]() For the company Cold Star... I found a microscope photo of ice. You were able to see the single ice crystals. I drew an ice crystal, it had 10 "arms", that is like a star.... Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Beautiful work Asbjorn!!! ![]() Seen from Vejle Inlet. In my childhood I lived near by. Vejle is in Denmark. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Beautiful! Beautiful image! this is beautifull. ![]() By Poul Dedenroth-Schou, director of the museum: Koldinghus - Jutland's last royal castle - has played an important role in the history of Denmark throughout the more than 700 years of its existence. It has served as a part of the border defences, as a royal residence, and as the seat of the local representatives of the Danish central government. Following the disastrous fire of 1808, the castle ruin attracted considerable attention as a picturesque ruin, providing a popular source of inspiration for artists and poets. For more than a century, the ruin has been the object of restoration programmes and gradual conversion to a museum of cultural history and a venue for cultural activities. ![]() The church in Grejs, a small town in Eastern Jutland in Denmark. I often do a church. Doing Danish churches is like doing portraits. Each church has its own face. Some of the Danish churches are 1000 years old. ![]() Inspired by the large Jelling stone (in the city Jelling in Denmark) set up by the king Harold Bluetooth (d. 987). The stone is decorated with an image of Christ, and the runic inscription announces that it was Harold who united Denmark into one realm and made the Danes Christians. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I see this!! Nice work!!! Nice abstract, Asbjorn. Good job. Nice image. Excellent colours. I like this Asbjorn!!!! Beautiful work!!! Simple yet very attractive and eye catching!! ![]() Inspired by the large Jelling stone (in the city Jelling in Denmark) set up by the king Harold Bluetooth (d. 987). The stone is decorated with an image of Christ, and the runic inscription announces that it was Harold who united Denmark into one realm and made the Danes Christians. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. ![]() Stable at Tirsbaek Castle, East of Vejle. On the brink of Vejle inlet. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: This is beautifull. Beautiful image! ![]() Four random houses from Haderslev, Denmark. Haderslev belonged to Germany until 1920. You might see that in the architecture. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: A engenharia nas artes! Uma bela arte na engenharia vai além, como eu imaginaria! CM do Brasil Wow...That's a big price...Do you take a check? LOL...Cool design work...:) ![]() Inspired by a breathtaking travel to China. To Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Hong Kong. And I remember Tiananmen Square, Wild Goose Pagoda, Longhu, The Great Wall of China and much more.... This motif is inspired by Pudong Island in Shanghai. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great work .....I can imagine the heat ! Wow this is awesome. I think that this superb work can go as high as E 20000! ![]() The director of a gallery in Madrid, Spain - with a gallery in Miami Beach in Florida - reserved one of my 25 motifs exhibited at the galleries. He asked me: "Further, I would like to recommend you to add more artworks in this price range E 3000 to E 7000 and perhaps consider creating similar artworks, using flag/national colors of all major EU and North American and principal Asian countries." I'm designing motifs for this purpose. I have got a lot of qualified response from ArtWanted users. I want to involve you in this process by uploading my drafts in my SANDBOX. Please rate and comment - even more than usual. I appreciate every single rating and every single comment. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I love it! ![]() Inspired by Longhu Temple in Shanghai. I have put an extra store or more on the Chinese buildings The Chinese are closer to divinity. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: This work is gorgeous! What define the artist art it's the way peoples choose for understand the message. Realy this work define their name. But if you don't put any name we can see China too. Congratulations! Hi Asbjörn. You are a great guy with wonderful art. Very impressed of your way to create.. Very,very nice. ![]() A variation of this motif has been used as logo for Sign Service, a graphic sign company in Denmark. ![]() Inspired by The Great Wall of China was built over 2,200 years ago, by the first emperor of China. In Chinese the wall is called "Wan-Li Qang-Qeng" which means 10,000-Li Long Wall - 10,000 Li is about 5,000 km. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Yes Asbjorn, you are the most special artist!!!!!!!! Very simple and powerful! ![]() Inspired by Outside the Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian I had this experience of being a foreigner. Having another cultural background. Meeting people with another cultural background. Jakob - my youngest son - was 10 years of age. His hear was blond. Crew cut. I was big. With a red blond bird. The Chinese crowded around us. Friendly. Smiling. With their bikes. They wanted to touch Jakob. Exactly at that moment somebody told me what Chinese people thought about our traveling in China: "Why don't they stay home and spare the money - and buy a bike. Or a refrigerator?" I have put an extra store or more on the Chinese buildings The Chinese are closer to divinity. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Another great work! Mmmm? I like your approach! ![]() Inspired by the skyline of Tokyo and at the same time Tokyo Tower. The skyline of Tokyo is typical in its square buildings. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I really like this black and red one. Goes well with the buildings. Great powerful and a flash for the mind. So simple and nicely balanced work Asbjorn! A fun and simple creation. Great for a logo. Great Asbjorn! ![]() Inspired by a Zen Buddhist portal in Tokyo. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: So bright and simple. Very abstract! ![]() Inspired by the maple leaves in the Canadian flag. I visited Canada - it was amazing. Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Kamloops, Vancouver. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great this from Canadá Asbjorn! Ooo, I really like this one. Depth of field and wonderfuly bright complementary colors. That's cool. Very commercial design and layout, looks like a colorful logo. ![]() Inspired by the Toronto skyline seen from Lake Ontario. One of my favorite Canadian cities. But I can't decide. Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Kamloops or Vancouver? ![]() Inspired by 2 visits to le Louvre in Paris, France. My intention was to see what happens when you let Mona Lisa become your point of departure, let Leonardo da Vinci become your point of departure and use your own simple shapes and bright colors to finish the process. See about le Louvre on Wihipedia, the free encyclopedia. See my Leonardo Dan Vinci exhibition. ![]() Inspired by 2 visits to le Louvre in Paris, France. My intention was to see what happens when you let Mona Lisa become your point of departure, let Leonardo da Vinci become your point of departure and use your own simple shapes and bright colors to finish the process. See about le Louvre on Wihipedia, the free encyclopedia. See my Leonardo Dan Vinci exhibition. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Leonardo, great art-work! ![]() Inspired by 2 visits to le Louvre in Paris, France. My intention was to see what happens when you let Mona Lisa become your point of departure, let Leonardo da Vinci become your point of departure and use your own simple shapes and bright colors to finish the process. See about le Louvre on Wihipedia, the free encyclopedia. See my Leonardo Dan Vinci exhibition. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great work Asbjorn!!! Great! Interesting twist!!! ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Powerful design. Outstanding designwork. ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I like this a lot. Very nice work! You have a beautiful style of work, very original! ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Super image. Cool design... well done! I'm not that sure about the colours here... the blue and the red are a bit too much contrasting i.m.h.o. but good anyway - the symbols itself work fine! ![]() Is it sunrise? Is it sunset? ![]() Inspired by The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain... See Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ![]() The Moorish Castle Alhambra in Granada is important Spanish heritage. See Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ![]() Gaudi once more... See Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. See my Gaudi exhibition. See my article "Playhouse inspired by Gaudi..." ![]() ![]() Inspired by Michelangelo's (1475-1564) renaissance fresco "Creation of Adam" (1508-1512) part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling decoration in Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy. See my Michelangelo exhibition. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Nice. Very beatiful. Well done! Cool. ![]() Inspired by the "holy street" in Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy. The "holy street" from Colosseum to the Arc of Titus. It is inspired by Via Appia and by the streets in Saepinum, in Paestum and Pompei, too. ![]() Inspired by the temple of Neptune (Poseidon) in the Greek colony Poseidonia south of Salona - renamed to Paestum by the Romans. ![]() Monument to the Age of Discovery and Portuguese Navigators in Lisbon, Portugal. ![]() Galo de Barcelos is the national symbol of Portugal. It symbolizes honesty, integrity, trust and honor. ![]() Inspired by the colors in the German flag. Inspired by the pulse in German society. ![]() Inspired by the colors in the Dutch flag. ![]() Want to become a bull fighter??? Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Nice work. Really effective and bold lines. Attractive. Great job! ![]() Inspired by the Italian colors. The flag. Italy. Rome. Colosseum. Gladiators... Italian food, Italian wine, Italian lifestyle. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I love this one. It is truly of the Italian soul. Unique solution! This superb quality of work should be priced over E10000! Yes has a "Pop Art" feel to it.... I like it.............Bravo Beautiful Asbjorn! When do I see Portugal? ![]() Inspired by a stay at Banff Spring in The Canadian Rockies. One morning I sat on a bench in the park of the famous Banff Spring Hotel, where I stayed. The American Indian was there. I asked him if I might paint him. Yes! And so I did. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Cool job. This is GOOD! A Real Nice Work. ![]() Inspired by a stay at Banff Spring in The Canadian Rockies. One morning I sat on a bench in the park of the famous Banff Spring Hotel, where I stayed. The American Indian was there. I asked him if I might paint him. Yes! And so I did. ![]() Inspired by coming from New Jersey - seeing the skyline of New York for the first time. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I love the silhouettes, great colors. ![]() Inspired by nature - the sunset, the Pacific Ocean, the movie Free Willy, Vancouver Island and Sea World in San Diego. Inspired by a split second of happiness. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. ![]() Inspired by native art. Inspired by native American art. Inspired by all the hurt souls in native cultures around the world. The souls are hurt so much that native cultures all over the world are crushed due to..... One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: The best I have seen so far on artwanted.com - excellent. ![]() Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The famous poster designer. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Un grand maitre absolutement. Tres bien. Stunning work! Very creative! Great work!!! ![]() Inspired by happy days in Rome, by sad days in autumn 2000 and by wondering. A psychological probably unrealistic wish in a sad period. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. ![]() Inspired by happy days in Rome, by sad days in autumn 2000 and by wondering. A psychological probably unrealistic wish in a sad period. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. ![]() Inspired by "painted ladies" that's the what the Victorian houses in San Francisco are called, by two stays in San Francisco, by the movie Miss Doubtfire and by much more. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Simple and yet full of details. I like your style. This is such fun! Beautiful piece! Very volorful and striking poster. ![]() Inspired by nature - how I imagine looking west from the mainland standing on the brink of Queen Charlotte Sound - and by Native Art - well aware that the symbolism doesn't belong to me - it's the heritage of the local people. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Very interesting. I like this. Very beautiful work Asbjorn!!! ![]() Inspired by the banners in the gay neighborhood - by the gay pride parades and festivals - by San Francisco being a home to gays, a home without prejudges. ...bridging? Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: The COLOURS are fantastic! nice work! OMG! I love the title. Seriously--I hope it does turn out to be a safe haven for those that need it. Excellent design... ![]() Inspired by art dealer Julia Fenster, New York. She gave me 2 keywords: "Perception" and "New York". I did two pictures to be seen as a whole. Your perception - the media perception - your perception of the media perception...The two pictures are similar, but not at all alike. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Perfect, very interesting and well composed work. ![]() Inspired by art dealer Julia Fenster, New York. She gave me 2 keywords: "Perception" and "New York". I did two pictures to be seen as a whole. Your perception - the media perception - your perception of the media perception...The two pictures are similar, but not at all alike. ![]() Inspired by the large Jelling stone (in the city Jelling in Denmark) set up by the king Harold Bluetooth (d. 987). The stone is decorated with an image of Christ, and the runic inscription announces that it was Harold who united Denmark into one realm and made the Danes Christians. ![]() Inspired by a kangaroo farm, that I visited in Canbarra, Australia. You know the Capital of Australia. In New South Wales like Sydney. And then it is inspired by the well known Australian kangaroo traffic sign. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Beautiful!!! A Kangaroo !!!!!!!...Very cool Being Australian - I had to comment - Great colors, too. ![]() It's real name is Pig Faced Butterfly Fish. Inspired by diving in the Great Barrier Reef after visiting Dunk Island - by Noosa south of Cairns. Cairns in Queensland, Australia. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Very pretty negative painting. I like the Simplicity of this, VERY Nice! A very strong and beautiful design. ![]() Inspired by the temple of Neptune (Poseidon) in the Greek colony Poseidonia south of Salona - renamed to Paestum by the Romans. ![]() Inspired by the Arch of Septimus Severus erected A.D. 203 in Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: This is so cool! Fantastic work! Very unique concept... Wow! Cool work. Great creation. ![]() Inspired by Colosseum, by Gladiators and their fight to the death. ![]() Inspired by gladiators fighting to the death at Colosseum in Rome. Inspired by a visit to Colosseum. ![]() Inspired by the "holy street" in Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy. The "holy street" from Colosseum to the Arc of Titus. It is inspired by Via Appia and by the streets in Saepinum, in Paestum and Pompei, too. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. ![]() Inspired by the highest mountain in the world, Mont (or Mount) Everest in Nepal. And the wish to climb it - soon! - Might it be like seeing a Henri Matisse exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art? Seeing the great Master's colorful simplicity paper cut-outs, and letters telling the stories behind. Letters telling me, that he worked from 1941 to 1954 in exactly the same way that I do. A radical renewal that made it possible for Matisse to create what he had always struggled for: "I have needed all that time to reach the stage where I can say what I want to say." ![]() The Essence of Christianity??? ![]() Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece on Fifth Avenue in New York. Of course The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue at 89th Street, New York. And New York is yellow cabs, black people, white people, red light, green light, street noise, Hotel Lexington, homeless, alcohol, narcotics, penthouse, Fifth Avenue, Thrump Tower, fancy restaurants, delis, Central Park, ally, backyard, Guggenheim, glory, misery, Museum of Modern Art, China Town, Rockefeller Center, millionaires, beggars, subway, Broadway, tourists, diplomats, UN, Metropolitan... Amazing how Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture is contemporary. In Chicago I saw several of his houses that looked as if they were built yesterday. One was from 1909. The blue sky above symbolizes divinity. Frank Lloyd Wright had a rare gift, sure. Divinity? See about Frank Lloyd Wright on Wihipedia, the free encyclopedia. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Love the simplicity of this piece-it really is beautiful Interesting composition, I like it. Awesome. Great work Asbjorn!!!! ![]() Inspired by a helicopter flight. One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I love all the different tones..... beautiful Work!! ![]() Even stars are made of atoms... Inspired by wondering about atoms and molecules being the building bricks of everything and....and....and....and.... Are they round? Are they square? Non of these? In honor of Niels Bohr... See my article "2006 - a happy new year..." ![]() ![]() Inspired by wondering about atoms and molecules being the building bricks of everything. And....and....and....and.... Are they round? Are they square? Non of these? In honor of Niels Bohr. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Very beautiful work Asbjorn!!!! Nice color-good style! ![]() Better known to Anglophones as St. Mark's Square. Inspired by a visit in Venice. Inspired by a stroll on St. Mark's Square, where I of course had cups of espresso, listened to violin music and bought glass from Murano. Inspired by Basilica San Marco, The Doge's Palace - Palazzo Ducale, The tower on St. Mark's Place and sailing on the Grand Canal in Venice. In The Companion Guide to Venice, Hugh Honour describes the Piazza San Marco as "beautiful at all times of day or night and all seasons of the year. It is one of the few delicate works of architecture that can absorb a bustling vulgar crowd without loss of dignity; a great city square which retains a feeling of animation when there are few people in it." Napoleon called the Piazza San Marco "the finest drawing room in Europe." One of 12 motifs granted The World of Art Award. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Although this doesn not remind me of Venice (it feels more like New York) I like the simplicity and design of your painting. Well done! Love the Simplisity! Well Done! Awesome use of negative space! This is a LOVELY Abstract! I like the Simplicity. ![]() San Francesco is inspired by a stay in Assisi in Italy, by Basilica di San Francesco, by Basilica di San Pietro in Rome, by the dome in Siena and Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. The gray cross symbolizes San Francesco's view of Christianity. The black cross - the top down, buttom up cross - symbolizes...... Italy is amazing: Rome, Tivoli, l'Aquila, Sulmona, Roccaraso, Saepinum, Termoli, Vieste, Monte Sant Angelo, Manfredonia, Trani, Castel del Monte, Bari, Martina Franco, Alberobello, Locorotondo, Matera, Potenza, Paestum, Salerno, Napoli, Pompei, Siena, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto. The Vatican: The Vatican City, The Vatican Museums, The Sistine Chapel, The Vatican Basilica - Santa Pietro in Vaticano............. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Simplicity! Nice color comp. Great style, image and colors! ![]() Inspired by archutecture. Inspired by the headquarters of a financial institution in Aarhus, Denmark. The building is from 1926, built by archutect Axel Berg. It was the Danish National Bank. 1 Cathedral Square is Domkirkepladsen 1 in Danish. ![]() Aros Art Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. At the moment you enter the lounge, your breath is taken away. Where am I? I'm totally confused. Suddenly I am indeed not in the middle of nowhere. I'm in New York. And the architect is renowned Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm at 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street in New York. 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street in New York is of course the address of Guggenheim Museum. Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece on Fifth Avenue was built in 1959. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: That looks awesome. Love the simplicity and boldness of this. Great choice of shape and colour. ![]() Inspired by Michelangelo's (1475-1564) renaissance fresco "Creation of Adam" (1508-1512) part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling decoration in Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy. See my Michelangelo exhibition. ![]() Inspired by Native Art in British Columbia, Canada. The thunderbird is a main character in native American culture and legends. ![]() Fredericia City in Denmark is originally a fortification. With a great history. I'll make a series of art works from Fredericia. A few days ago I talked to the Mayor of Fredericia, who liked this thought. He suggested that I talked to the chief of Fredericia Museum. This meeting is 29 November 2005 - and that's the point of depature for this project. In Fredericia Fortification, inside the ramparts it was not allowed to build towers on churches. Sct. Michaelis Chuch was no exception. ![]() Inspired by the headquarters of Realkredit Danmark, Aarhus. That is Aaboulevarden 69. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great work. Great detail. ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. ![]() Inspired by the American flag Stars and Stripes. The shapes and the original colors. Inspired by several trips to United States. I loved it. New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Dallas, Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Yosemite, San Francisco, Atlanta, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Everglades. ![]() Inspired by a visit to le Louvre in Paris. Inspiration, names etc. cleared 3 October 2005 with Copy-Dan. See my Leonardo Dan Vinci exhibition. ![]() The world's most famous poster maker: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. At an age of 19 - as a high school student - I saw several posters and paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at New Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. The inspiration has lasted ever since. See my article "New Carlsberg Glyptotek" ![]() ![]() Dove of Peace made for UNICEF Geneva, Switzerland. ![]() White Butterfly was used in blu in a logo to Hans Christian Andersen Festival Plays in The Funen Village in Odense, where Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805. 2nd April to be exact. The musical was "Thumbelina" ("Little Tiny"). Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: VERY Pretty, Asbjorn. Perfect and very beautiful designwork. ![]() Dove of Peace made for UNICEF Geneva, Switzerland. ![]() Typical Danish Church, was originally made for postcards. Korning is in Jutland near my home. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Excellent design! ![]() Family Church. My wife was christianed there and she was married there, my eldest son was christianed there, my eldest granddaughter was christianed there..... The church of the movement The Staunch Jutlanders. Some call them Strong Jutlanders in English. ![]() Bramdrupdam is in Kolding, Jutland, Denmark. ![]() That's the town, the city in which I live. Two of my sons have been christianed in this church. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Awesome and perfect work. ![]() Inspired by the portal of a Danish Church. Actually it is a portal in front of the church in Hedensted. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great designwork! ![]() Inspired by Bygholm Castle, Horsens, Denmark. Bygholm is a castle. But it's a Scandic Hotel, too. A few miles from Lille Fejringhus. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Wonderful bright colors! Bold colors, very nice structure ![]() Tranekaer, Funen is the inspiration. I simply dreamt one night that I had to do Tranekaer because of the red color. The sky has got a darker blue. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Beautiful realization. ![]() Suggestion to the landowner. Agersboel is near Vejle. Vejle in Denmark. I live near by. ![]() Suggestion to the landowner. Agersboel is near Vejle. Vejle in Denmark. I live near by. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Very crisp with sharp contrasts of colour - reminds me of Lego!! Another beautiful work! Looks like legos. ![]() In Denmark we have a Queen. The Queen has her own Guardsmen. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I like the colors you use. ![]() Typical Danish Postbox. Post Danmark is the company name. ![]() You might travel around the world, to China, to Australia etc. and achieve wonderful inspiration. Or. You might be inspired by tiny things in your domestic world. Yesterday I studied manor houses and manhole covers on my daily biking tour. Decontextualising a Spanish critic called it. Last week a journalist called it decontextualising, too. ![]() Inspired by The mansard house 1600/1650 in The Old Town, Aarhus, Denmark. The warehouse is a renaissance building from Jomfru Anegade in Aalborg. It is built with a heavy timber frame and thick carved brackets. Around 1800 a mansard roof was added. This building was originally part of the merchant's property rebuilt on the Town Square of The Old Town. The house was rebuilt in 1926 and houses the Museum shop. The director of The Old Town was enthusiastic about this motif. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: I love this one. ![]() Inspired by The mansard house 1600/1650 in The Old Town, Aarhus, Denmark. The warehouse is a renaissance building from Jomfru Anegade in Aalborg. It is built with a heavy timber frame and thick carved brackets. Around 1800 a mansard roof was added. This building was originally part of the merchant's property rebuilt on the Town Square of The Old Town. The house was rebuilt in 1926 and houses the Museum shop. ![]() The church in Sindbjerg, a small town in Denmark. In Jutland near Vejle. ![]() The church in Grejs, a small town in Eastern Jutland in Denmark. I often do a church. Doing Danish churches is like doing portraits. Each church has its own face. Some of the Danish churches are 1000 years old. ![]() Inspired by Aarhus Theater, Denmark. See Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ![]() The Church in North Bjert, Kolding, Denmark. ![]() The church in Daugård, Vejle, Denmark. ![]() 4 random windmill wing positions. 3 blue colors placed randomly. Blues: dark blue, cobolt blue and light blue. The actual windmill is a NEG Micon from Vestas, Denmark. The windmill in placed at Agersboel Manor House in Vejle, Denmark. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Beautiful work Asbjorn!!!! ![]() Windmill shadows in a newly sown barley field at Agersboel manor house near Lindved, Vejle in Denmark. The actual windmill is a NEG Micon from Vestas, Denmark. ![]() Christ in the color scheme used inside the church in Sindbjerg. It's also a fresco suggestion. ![]() Inspired by Aarhus Cathedral built in 1200. It burned down in 1330 and was reconstructed in 1500. The original church was built in the Romanesque style and in 1500 in Gothic style. This mix is clearly seen in the shape of the windows. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: As usual Asbjorn great design work. I like the detail on the windows. ![]() Inspired by Williamsborg Manor House, Daugård, Denmark. ![]() It's very hard to work with this cathedral. It's placed in the middle of the city. Close to other buildings on all sides. This view is from Haderslev Pond, which is another significant landmark in Haderslev. You can see the pond in the buttom of this picture. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Great work! I love the simplicity. ![]() One of the eldest buildings in Aarhus. From 1624. The office of Aarhus Cathedral. ![]() Inspired by Aarhus Cathedral built in 1200. It burned down in 1330 and was reconstructed in 1500. The original church was built in the Romanesque style and in 1500 in Gothic style. This mix is clearly seen in the shape of the windows. ![]() Faust is a Cafe at Haderslev Square in Haderslev, Denmark. ![]() A store at Haderslev Square in Haderslev, Denmark. The optrician Hellmann's store. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: This is a cool! The bright colors give this depth. ![]() The headquarters of Haderslev Diocese. Christ has rolled out the red Carpet. As a welcome. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Simple powerful work. ![]() On the 5 December I relaunche my print on demand poster idea. Tall Charlie was my first paper poster back in 1985. He was a great success. He has been used in many cases. Plastic bags, children's books, post cards, posters etc. To honour Tall Charlie he is one of the in large size images for printing online at ArtWanted.com. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Cute. Adorable!!! Love it! Asbjorn this is for the cheese, very vibrant color, lovely. Fiz uma girafa para a chegada de meu neto! Isto me fez lembrar CRIANÇAS! CM from Brazil I like Tall Charlie a Lot, Asbjorn Very cute and well designed! Really Cute! ![]() Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Good job. ![]() Inspired by joy of making motifs that communicate in a very simple way. One beautiful evening I sat at a restaurant in Venice at the brink of Grand Canal. I ordered cuttlefish. Honestly I did not know, what it was. It tasted like rubber in an ink stew. I know now what a cuttlefish is. And then of cause Octo-Pus is the main character in the children's book "The cuttlefish Octo-Pus and the crab Crab-Mac-Claw". Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Very well done I love the eyes. ![]() Inspired from my love to the sea, my past as a crab catcher, from the joy of making motifs that communicate in a very simple way. If you see the name No-Crap - it is the prior name of Crab-Mac-Claw. The second time a translator told me, that he could not be called No-Crap in American English - I gave in. At the exhibition "International Contemporary Exhibition" in Rome I met Jose Dali. Son of Salvador Dalí. Jose Dali exhibited motifs from Venice, where he lives, and I showed anything I had. I gave Jose a letter in Italian, which was intended to all Italians and all Romans. At the bottom of this letter there was a poster from the LUCCA project. He saw Crab-Mac-Claw. He laughed, and laughed, and laughed.............sincerely. He became so happy. From that moment I knew, that Crap-Mac-Claw is a lochey star in my prodction. He had just been renamed from No-Crap to Crab-Mac-Claw. Crab-Mac-Claw will probably become the new logo of my world wide fairy tale activities. On my way home - in the airport of Rome - I bought a huge book. Salvador Dalí - la vita e l'opera. I had to know more about Jose's father. Jose's background. I still can't imagine why Jose paints tiny naturalistic watercolor pictures with motifs from Venice? The only resemblence to Salvador Dalí is Jose's bird!!!!! And then of cause Crab-Mac-Claw is the main character in the children's book "The cuttlefish Octo-Pus and the crab Crab-Mac-Claw". Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Really a fun n lovable creation!!! Excellent design and great colors would make a wonderful logo! ![]() Made for a hospital giving birth to kids. Hi World has become a poster size 70 x 50 cm and much more. It's also a main character in Asbjorn Lonvig's fairy tales or in fairy tales for kids to come. Reproduction rights and publishing rights for fairy tales and fairy tale characters are for sale. Comments from fellow artists and ArtWanted.com visitors: Excellent striking design and colours!!! Wonderful work Asbjorn!!! Love your artworks,and colors. |