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“When I paint, I go into another world, like an art bubble, where I lose time and space. I like to create based on the feelings I have inside me that longs to get out on the canvas. I want the viewer to feel lots of emotions when they see my paintings. A painting can have many different meanings and experiences, which I find exciting and interesting. I was born in 1981 and live with my family on Värmdö outside Stockholm. This is also where I have my studio. For as long as I can remember, I have been interested in color and shape, but it was in 2011, during a difficult time in my life, that I started painting more. I needed to find a way out of a life with many negative thoughts that took up all my time and energy and that was when I started painting. Through the painting, I got out of all the feelings I had inside of me and I started to feel good again! I work mostly with acrylic and I like to use spatulas, sponges and my own hands in front of ordinary brushes. Lately, however, brushes are appearing more in my creation.” - Maria Nahlin