I Cavalieri dell'arte sfogliabile

Sinnikka Elfving
Cavaliere dell’arte
Biografia
SINIKKA ELFVING CV AND
BIOGRAPHY 2017
I was born 1949 in Northern part of
Finland close to Arctic Circle. I lived my
childhood in an environment of a climate
where the winters were very cold and the
summers warm, but short. Ln the
beginning of the summer season the sun
never goes down under the horizon, the
nights are bright as in the daylight. We
callthis phenomena " The summer of
nightless nights, SOLE Dl MEZZANOTTE.
The nature is full of contraries beyond the
arctic circle. The sky meets the Arctic
Ocean at the highest border in the North
called ULTIMA THULE. My childhood
memories from the arctic life, colors of the
seasons are visible in my art. I usually find the greatest inspiration in the nature
and I find numerous symbols in flowers and birds, waters and rivers, forests and
fields. Also the impressions of the harsh environment in the wintertime has
become a part in my works. lt reflects the powerlessness in front of the rough
forces of the nature and evokes silent respect in me and my works slowly shape
into lyrics. I started my artistic career later in life and went to 2 different art
schools in Sweden L994-L996. However painting was since the childhood my
dearest hobby and greatest passion. ln the years Lg72- 1981 I lived in Austria and
studied Philosophy and Psychology and work in the psychiatric rehabilitation. I
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