About

Anette Harboe Flensburg paints rooms, interiors that are empty of human presence yet extremely alive. The motifs in her paintings are realistically rendered, and in the quiet rooms, a pot is occasionally found. There is a sense of mystery, a quiet mist veils the painting and enfolds it. A fluttering curtain from a passing wind sweeps the viewer into a never-before-told story.

Flensburg’s process, from beginning to finished painting, has its starting point in a prototype made of paper. She builds the prototype and lights it with different-colored sheets of acrylic glass. The prototype is moved …