JENS MALMGREN I create.
Construction Drawing
 Tidbrandsholm at Frösön, Jämtland

Self portrait

The way I remember this drawing is that I was thinking that it should be possible for me to make a portrait. I could make all kinds of drawings by now so I should be able to make the drawing of myself.

So I made this drawing and as I remember it now I was in a kind of "bubble" about the quality of the drawing. It was me, it had to be. I made it and I made it of myself in a mirror and it should look like me.

I had an exhibition at school. I don't know how that was arranged but that happened. I had a number of drawings and one of them was my portrait.
I was a bit taken by surprise when I started to understand that people did not recognize me in this drawing. Imaging the feeling of someone who believe they can sing and suddenly after performing a while the audience tells you that "it is nice but out of tune".

That was how I felt about this drawing. After a while I discovered this was a complete failure. I gained more respect for drawing human figures, the hard way so to say. I also got a feeling that this is something I need to master one day and now 30+ years on I am working on exactly this. Among other things.
Worked on the building plan of the shedShowing who I am is resistanceMaddy Anne, 11 March 2020Eva 19 January 2020Portrait of Helen Jackson from GlasgowPortrait of HansPortrait of Anna KernahanEmmanuel Niyoyabikoze from Greening BurundiTwo Greta cartoonsDoodle on 17 of December 2019Susanne 15 DecemberPortrait of Ellyanne Wanjiku ChlystunSusanne 8 DecemberElephants in the room - cartoon, 2 December 2019Susanne 1 December

I moved from Sweden to The Netherlands in 1995.

Here on this site, you find my creations because that is what I do. I create.