Part 2 of "Wave of Blood", Ingrid Vang Nyman and winners of the Monster giveaway.

A couple of weeks ago I told you about when our oldest son Axel, then 11 years old,

had a brain hemorrhage. As a way to develop my imagery and visual expression I´m

making pictures that illustrate the entries me and my husband made in the journal we 

kept while Axel was in the hospital. (A kind nurse in the intensive care unit 

gave us a small, black notebook 

and she encouraged us to write daily in it).

The illustrations will probably change in style but I hope that won´t

distract you. You can see part one here:

PART TWO

Artwork: Erica Stenkrona

Our oldest son has been ill for two months and the doctors don´t know what´s wrong with him. On Christmas Eve he didn´t even leave his bed to see the Christmas tree and the only Christmas gift he wanted was to be well again. He has a headache and he´s nauseous so he can´t eat nearly anything at all. He´s sensitive to light and sound so we keep his room dark and quiet. On Boxing day I ask him how he is doing. He answers: "I feel God´s hand on my shoulder...or maybe it´s just the Tylenol working".

Tune in for part three next Friday! 

First draft: Erica Stenkrona

Last week I mentioned the affirmed correlation between creativity

and mental illness. One artist who presumably battled against mental illness

was the Danish artist and illustrator Ingrid Vang Nyman. She is famous for

her illustrations of Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking).

 I appreciate her art much more now than I did as a child. Now I just

love her skew perspective, expressive characters and bright colors. Her eye

for detail is also admirable. Ingrid ended her life on December 13, 1959.

Ingrid Vang Nyman

(1916-1959)

Bookcover: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1947

Astrid Lindgren´s own illustration of Pippi Longstocking

on the first page of the original manuscript.

Efraim Långstrump in Sing with Pippi Longstocking

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

It´s interesting to see how the illustration evolves from

the first draft to the finished printed picture.

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1947

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1947

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1947

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1948

Children in east and west

Lithograph: Ingrid Vang Nyman

red details hand-painted

Unpublished work: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Ink and gouache.

Unpublished work: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Ink and gouache.

Lithograph: Ingrid Vang Nyman

Look how meticulously she has depicted the convoluted mats and the tent!!

Gouache: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

Tulegatan 7 (Ingrid´s home in Stockholm)

Gouache: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1945

Tulegatan 7 (Ingrid´s home in Stockholm)

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1946

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1946

Illustration: Ingrid Vang Nyman, 1951

Ingrid Vang Nyman with her son Peder (Pelle), 1940

Portrait of Peder (Pelle) Nyman, 1941

Oil on canvas.

Winner of the Monsters Giveaway:

Aubrie Mema, Albania

and

Gunnel Hedberg, Örebro