Squidology

Steamed hams, but it is an ancient cult.

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A break in 6 years of silence. I had completely forgot that tumblr exists since 2018. I never stopped drawing, and have been working continuously with various books and other projects. Many have been realized, and many more are still stuck inside of my head. Some time in 2021 I god this idea about a person in distress trying to escape from a dark cave, and while it seems that the end is finally near somethning unnerving suddenly appears. I had no idea what to do with it, and time passed. And then Ralph Wiggum suddenly appeared. I have no idea why, but suddenly he was there. Remember Ralph? He's is back. In ancient megalithic statue form. I found out that "In Ralph we trust" could be a fitting title.

On Saturday Høstutstillingen 2018 is opening at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo. This is supposedly the biggest showcase for contemporary art in Norway. And this year I somehow managed to stumble my way through the application process. And my drawings finally got accepted. I have no idea how I did it, but now it is done. And there is no way back. So at the top floor there will be 90 A3 sized papers with some black ink on them. It opens up to everyone at 14:00 on Saturday the 8th of September. I am absolutely terrified.

Al Khemet 2-40 I still have 60 of these drawings that I haven’t posted here yet. All of them is on Instagram (@squidology.ink). Thank you for watching!

You have seen the Squid online, now you can see him on paper in his own book. Available now from Jippicomics. https://www.jippicomics.com/2018/02/05/squidologi/

January 26th to 28th I will have an exhibition at Galleri Kunstgress (Oslo). During the last two years I have put almost 1800 hours into this project which consists of 150 A3 sized ink drawings. Follow the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1413710672074701/

Al Khemet 2-39 Thank you for watching!

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Al Khemet 2-36 Makes sense doesn’t it? Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-35 Sometimes I take the easy way out. Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-34 Another drawing from earlier this year. Number 84 in the series. So far I’ve made 123 of these. Only 27 more to go and the whole project is actually finished! Feels weird. Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-33 This is based on a picture I found somewhere online. Sadly I don’t remember who to credit. But the credit goes in spirit to both the photographer and the model. Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-32 Made in the 31st of March. Did not like it at first, but it seems a bit better now. Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-31 This was made in late March this year. Right now I’m working on drawing number 16 in the third Al Khemet chapter, which will be another variation of this image. Thank you for watching!

Al Khemet 2-30 Another drawing from this series. Number 80 to be precise. Right now I’m working on number 113. Thank you for watching!