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"Inspired by human emotions and the tedious details in everyday routine, Linnea Strid creates hyper-realistic oil paintings depicting the insignificant actions involving water that we mechanically repeat in any given day. In 'As It Falls Over You', Linnea explores the darker side of the human psyche conveyed through water, thereby opening the door to our most private moments and personal stories." - Platinum Cheese

Check out Platinum Cheese's interview with Linnea here: http://platinumcheese.com/2011/12/09/art-chat-with-linnea-strid/

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"DeYoung’s first solo exhibit with the gallery highlights concepts of strength and desire via flawless renderings of feminine allure saturated with vibrant hues. This latest body of work also offers DeYoung's first abstract works--intense, palpable energy on display in every brushstroke." - Hi-Fructose

View all the works in 'As It Falls Over You' here: www.thinkspacegallery.com/2011/12/works-fALL.php

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View all the works in 'Specimens' from Leontine Greenberg here: www.thinkspacegallery.com/2011/12/project/works-sPECi.php

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View all the works in 'Rhythmic Nonsense' from David Cooley here: www.thinkspacegallery.com/2011/12/project2/works-RhYtH.php

All exhibits on view through Fri, December 30th. We'll be open this coming Wed, Dec. 28th through Fri, Dec. 30th from 1 to 6PM each day. These will be your final days to view our current exhibits. Please note we'll be closed from Dec. 31st through Jan. 6th for installation of our upcoming shows from Esao Andrews and Allison Sommers which open on Sat, Jan. 7th.

Thinkspace / 6009 Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA / www.thinkspacegallery.com

Linnea Strid is featured with a 'Profile' piece in the new issue of Juxtapoz (Dec issue with Mark Ryden cover) - on news stands now.

Take a ‘Sneak Peek’ at the works for ’As It Falls Over You’ coming together here: www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157626576781905/

Nathan DeYoung & Linnea Strid ‘As It Falls Over You’

Reception with the artists: Sat, December 10th 5-8PM

Exhibits on view: December 10th through December 30th, 2011

Thinkspace / 6009 Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA / www.thinkspacegallery.com

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Linnea Strid started to paint and draw as soon as she could hold a crayon in her hand. When growing up, she was handed a pile of 'Learn-How-To-Paint-In-Oil' books, but stubbornly ignored the written guidelines and instead tried to copy the paintings found in the books without any instruction. This persistent eagerness to be creative while doing things her own way hasn't changed much over the years. Linnea currently lives in Sweden and enjoys creating lifelike, almost painfully over exposed portratis and with her most recent body of work, she playfully explores the complex relation between people and water, and how it can intensify all of the human emotions in one way or another.

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Show statement from Linnea Strid: I often get the question why I decided to start painting water in the first place, and what it all means to me. That can be a bit tricky to answer since I feel that I've gone a long way from my first water portrait. In the beginning, it was all just an experiment - a macabre fantasy - what if I depicted myself as drowned? How would it look? After that, I moved along to focusing on the small details in everyday routines: unsignificant actions involving water that we repeat mechanically a million times, over and over and over. Somehow,with time it has grown to something bigger and more important to me. I've always been obsessed by painting faces showing different emotions, and I've discovered water to be the perfect medium to convey this. Water can bring out so much emotions, and by opening the door ajar to our most private moments there are a lot of different stories waiting to be told. No day is exactly like the other, nothing in life is permanent and the water that surrounds us is just as fugitive as our feelings.

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Nathan DeYoung's work stems from an inquisitive desire to connect with and understand those around him. DeYoung revels in people watching and trying to connect the human elements that bind us all together. However, because he is more or less offering his observations of others DeYoung finds a large amount of grey matter, where less is certain and more is implied. DeYoung's work attempts to relate/conceptualize these observations and assumptions by using a mixture of delicate, soft painting and gestural frenzies of color and shape, with the hope that insight into others and their actions will enable a deeper understanding of his own self.

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Show statement from Nathan DeYoung: There is no end to what we can learn from each other. Our interactions with those that surround us can prove to be a telling tale, one that paints a complex portrait of who and what we are. Highlighting our senses, instincts, strengths, failings and desires 'As It Falls Over You' is a body focused on realization, acceptance, and observation.

Take a ‘Sneak Peek’ at the works for ’As It Falls Over You’ coming together here: www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157626576781905/

Nathan DeYoung & Linnea Strid ‘As It Falls Over You’

Reception with the artists: Sat, December 10th 5-8PM

Exhibits on view: December 10th through December 30th, 2011

Thinkspace / 6009 Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA / www.thinkspacegallery.com

'As It Falls Over You'

New paintings from Nathan DeYoung and Linnea Strid

Take a sneak peek here: www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157626576781905/

Plus in our project room:

Leontine Greenberg 'Specimens'

Take a sneak peek here: www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157627754757683/

Look for more details on both shows as we get closer to this coming December.

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"My work is my life, my everything. My paintings are very revealing and I expose everything that is me through them. Don’t know if that’s how they come out, but at least that’s how I see it. Whenever I finish a painting and ship it off to a show or to a prospective buyer a part of me leave with that package." - Linnea Strid

Check out Artform's full interview with Linnea Strid here: http://artformhq.com/ceramics-drawing-painting-sculpture-printmaking-design-industrial-graphic-conceptual-textile-graffiti/interview-linnea-strid-28-painter-uppsala-sweden/

Watch for Linnea in our upcoming show this September at the University of Arizona as well as her first major U.S. exhibition alongside Nathan DeYoung this December at Thinkspace.