https://mariebirkedal.com mariebirkedal Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:41:47 +0000 https://mariebirkedal.com en https://mariebirkedal.com/Info Mon, 18 May 2026 06:45:52 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Info Notes Utilizing Expendable Materials to Create Works of Formal Pristine BeautyPoison turned into Medicine alchemist noun al·che·mist | &nbsp;ˈal-kə-mistAlchemist: Someone Who Transforms Things for the BetterThe long route to English for alchemist began with the Greek word chēmeia, which probably came from the word chyma (“fluid”), derived from the verb chein, meaning “to pour.” It then passed to Arabic, which added its definite article al- (“the”) to the Greek root. The word then passed from Latin to French before coming to English. Some other words derived from Arabic also retain the al- in English, such as algebra, algorithm, and&nbsp;alcohol; in fact, the transformative liquid that was constantly being sought through experimentation by alchemists is another word with the Arabic&nbsp;al-&nbsp;prefix elixir. MATERIALS WANTED ALWAYS &nbsp;Guards of civilization. <img width="1164" height="1158" width_o="1164" height_o="1158" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e70f6597716e5d2c27a215e53255c72020047c375451b82ba899bb4b9ec5570/Untitled-1.png" data-mid="248422242" border="0" data-scale="85" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e70f6597716e5d2c27a215e53255c72020047c375451b82ba899bb4b9ec5570/Untitled-1.png" /> Right now I am looking at:&nbsp; The hopeful Rothko - just when he made the breakthrough, before it all became dark Joyce Pensato Stanley Whitney (why are his paintings so good ? it makes no sense but they are Fra Angelico good) Peter Bradley like always Diane Arbus And also a return to Dürer´s Feldhase https://mariebirkedal.com/21-studio-notes-June-2026 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:41:47 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/21-studio-notes-June-2026 21 studio notes; June 2026 1. Materiality is primary2. The tactile is trustworthy3. Outcome matters4. Intuition + rigor5. If you know if your work begins before language, you’re not working6. Not imposing, only emerging7. Time as active material8. Traces of its own making — memento mori9. Illustration of ideas is for books10. Material investigation is inseparable from personhood11. I have never met a confident person that was also interesting12. Delicacy and brutality13. Process-based ≠ accidental14. Repeated actions rather than singular gestures15. Surface-recorded history16. Suspended between making and becoming — like you17. If you prefer the Panopticon over the tyrant, you will not get my work18. By the way, you didn’t get Foucault either19. Formal decisions are important20. Style is never meaningless21. Even a monochrome is always a self-portrait https://mariebirkedal.com/Home Mon, 18 May 2026 06:45:50 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Home https://mariebirkedal.com/Don-t-Play-Cards-with-Satan-D-J-watercolor-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:27:02 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Don-t-Play-Cards-with-Satan-D-J-watercolor-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44 <img width="2126" height="2835" width_o="2126" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/867dd9ea7f71c6f52ef3e09e52d0034987003a64fa2976a7b280bee1e7d1ff03/Dont-Play-Cards-with-Satan-D.J--watercolor-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" data-mid="225717086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/867dd9ea7f71c6f52ef3e09e52d0034987003a64fa2976a7b280bee1e7d1ff03/Dont-Play-Cards-with-Satan-D.J--watercolor-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" />Don’t Play Cards with Satan (For Daniel Johnston), watercolor on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/Blueprints-Inside-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:30:59 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Blueprints-Inside-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm <img width="2126" height="2835" width_o="2126" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9079eee862899c41a14c279fbbecf50875d5c38678ee5c274b6db77a9d2216f7/Blueprints-Inside--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" data-mid="225717072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9079eee862899c41a14c279fbbecf50875d5c38678ee5c274b6db77a9d2216f7/Blueprints-Inside--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" />Blueprints Inside, watercolor on prepared rice paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/Broken-Glass-and-Kindness-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:27:27 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Broken-Glass-and-Kindness-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm <img width="2126" height="2835" width_o="2126" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7813e588ff07aa0310a4647e4eb5b3d7ad9ea4676b7b610d14406e8f21a510e0/Broken-Glass-and-Kindness--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" data-mid="225717078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7813e588ff07aa0310a4647e4eb5b3d7ad9ea4676b7b610d14406e8f21a510e0/Broken-Glass-and-Kindness--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" />Broken Glass and Kindness, watercolor on prepared rice paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/Nobility-Game-in-Pink-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:26:06 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Nobility-Game-in-Pink-watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper-68-x-44-cm <img width="2184" height="3000" width_o="2184" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7093126c2528c835d07a5373c8a388b67e2bc6302ba31eec47e3a9f57fdac04/Nobility-Game-in-Pink--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2021.jpg" data-mid="225717118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7093126c2528c835d07a5373c8a388b67e2bc6302ba31eec47e3a9f57fdac04/Nobility-Game-in-Pink--watercolor-on-prepared-rice-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2021.jpg" />Nobility Game in Pink, watercolor on prepared rice paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/Winstons-and-violet-dawns-acrylic-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44-cm Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:58:47 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Winstons-and-violet-dawns-acrylic-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44-cm <img width="2126" height="2835" width_o="2126" height_o="2835" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/928d85542300f6e58a84c87fdee8a77ecfe832d9c289331b42d99e30b1a992d5/Winstons-and-violet-dawns--acrylic-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" data-mid="225667605" border="0" alt="Winstons and violet dawns, acrylic on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm" data-caption="Winstons and violet dawns, acrylic on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/928d85542300f6e58a84c87fdee8a77ecfe832d9c289331b42d99e30b1a992d5/Winstons-and-violet-dawns--acrylic-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal--2022.jpg" />Winstons and violet dawns, acrylic on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/That-day-at-the-playground-For-Lucia-Berlin-watercolor-on-prepared Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:58:47 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/That-day-at-the-playground-For-Lucia-Berlin-watercolor-on-prepared <img width="2116" height="3000" width_o="2116" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a13b472b37f068b80c7be7fa5c89ebc9afebf586b8719be60d6563938b68c8d0/That-day-at-the-playground-For-Lucia-Berlin--watercolor-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Maire_Bikredal--2020.jpg" data-mid="225667619" border="0" alt="That day at the playground (For Lucia Berlin), watercolor on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm" data-caption="That day at the playground (For Lucia Berlin), watercolor on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a13b472b37f068b80c7be7fa5c89ebc9afebf586b8719be60d6563938b68c8d0/That-day-at-the-playground-For-Lucia-Berlin--watercolor-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Maire_Bikredal--2020.jpg" />That day at the playground (For Lucia Berlin), watercolor on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm https://mariebirkedal.com/Black-Dahlia-for-Carolee-Schneemann-acrylic-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 13:26:21 +0000 mariebirkedal https://mariebirkedal.com/Black-Dahlia-for-Carolee-Schneemann-acrylic-on-prepared-paper-68-x-44 <img width="2094" height="3000" width_o="2094" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b36a4e00395d3b66ff30868cc24237f6c012d9fafad2d2ed5b56f161501a18c4/Black-Dahlia-for-Carolee-Schneemann--acrylic-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal.jpg" data-mid="225717090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b36a4e00395d3b66ff30868cc24237f6c012d9fafad2d2ed5b56f161501a18c4/Black-Dahlia-for-Carolee-Schneemann--acrylic-on-prepared-paper--68-x-44-cm--Marie_Birkedal.jpg" />Black Dahlia for Carolee Schneemann, acrylic on prepared paper, 68 x 44 cm