Pia Erlandsson, 1961 | Abstract Watercolor painter

Pia Erlandsson is a professional Swedish painter best known for her expressive, ethereal human portraits primarily created using watercolors.

Born in southern Halland, she has been living and working out of Gothenburg, Sweden since 1986.

After completing her artistic training - notably studying under Kerstin Sandbaum between 1995 and 1999 - she committed to painting full-time in 2007.

Her work heavily explores human emotions and states of mind.

While she leaves her backgrounds highly abstract to give viewers room for interpretation, she maintains sharp, intricate details when crafting her subjects' facial expressions and postures.

Her signature style leverages the direct contrast between light and dark, as well as the deliberate tension and harmony between colors and shapes.

Though celebrated primarily as a watercolorist, Erlandsson also works extensively with acrylics, oils, and mixed media.

She has noted that she enjoys watercolor specifically for its unpredictability, allowing the interaction of pigment and water to organically shape the canvas.

✍ - I was born in south of Sweden, living in Gothenburg since many years back. I have been working full time as a watercolor artist since 2007.

In my paintings I usually portray people.

I want to convey feelings and expressions of universal emotions, communicating different states of the human mind.

I try to find the tension and harmony between colors and shapes, and light and darkness, where the water and pigments together create new forms".

✍ "Watercolor is something I cannot entirely control, which makes it possible for me to take advantage of what is happening on the paper.

On the other hand, I do take care to make sure of the details and clarity of the expressions in the face and body of my subjects, which is important to me.

The background of the painting is abstract, giving viewers the freedom to create a room of their own".

✍ "For me, a painting is a story in which the colors and shapes are the words.

Last few years I also started working with acrylic and oil. Sometimes as separated techniques but also as a mixed media".

Pia Erlandsson è una pittrice Svedese, nota principalmente per le sue opere figurative ed eteree realizzate ad acquerello ed acrilico.

Cresciuta nella regione meridionale dell'Halland, dal 1986 vive e lavora a Göteborg.

Dopo aver completato la sua formazione artistica, che include corsi specialistici di acquerello tenuti da Kerstin Sandbaum tra il 1995-1999, Erlandsson ha intrapreso la carriera artistica a tempo pieno dal 2007.

La produzione artistica di Pia Erlandsson si concentra principalmente sulla figura umana e sulle sfumature delle emozioni universali:

👉 Ritratti ed Emozioni: Le sue opere ritraggono spesso persone colte in movimenti, espressioni o stati d'animo intimi, con l'obiettivo di trasmettere la complessità della mente umana.

👉 Sfondi Astratti: I soggetti sono solitamente inseriti in contesti astratti ed indefiniti. Questa scelta stilistica lascia allo spettatore la totale libertà di interpretare l'ambiente e creare un proprio spazio mentale ed emotivo attorno alla figura.

👉 Luce e Contrasto: Sperimenta costantemente con la tensione e l'armonia che si creano tra forme, colori e l'alternanza di luci ed ombre.

L'artista è membro dell'Associazione degli Artisti Svedesi (Svenska Konstnärer - SvK) e della Nordica Watercolor Society (Nordiska Akvarellsällskapet).

Le sue opere, che spaziano da dipinti originali a litografie d'autore, sono esposte e commercializzate presso diverse gallerie d'arte scandinave e piattaforme d'asta internazionali come Nordic Art ed Auctionet.