About me
I am a creative soul who paint whatever I can get away with in the studio; I also tinker and build a lot. As many personal projects as possible, supplemented of course with the work for my business genarbejd, necessary to pay my bills.
Yours truly. At home in the studio. Photos by Astrid Dalum.
In addition to my tangible work, I regularly blog about artmaking, sustainability and money.
Basically, I am quite critical of many of the narratives that carry our culture. It is not my impression that the money and the economy (stupid!) necessarily work in our interest.
On the other hand, I firmly believe in our ability to reimagine tomorrow.
It is important that we embrace our creativity as a cardinal virtue instead of seeing it as a character flaw. Something I myself struggled with for far too many years.
Today I live a relatively simple, low key life, where I cherish and prioritize my free time.
I'm located in Hvide Sande on the Danish North Sea coast with Mette and our two daughters Alva and Vilja. This is also where I have my workshop and studio on Æ Tysk'havn (German Harbor), a mere 2 minutes' walk from home.
Hard facts
- Born: November 7th 1974
- Birthplace: Skagen, Denmark
- Occupation: Woodworker, visual artist
- Read: Everything from poetry to modern monetary theory
- Write: Daily—preferably by hand
- Run: Daily—always naked
- Like to: Deal with too many things at once, without having a complete grasp of any of them
- Always brew on: Some artwork or just a new story
Christian Estrup