About Louise Hoeyrup
Louise Høyrup is a Danish painter living in Copenhagen with strong roots in Norway. She was born in 1976 and grew up in Denmark, Norway, and England. In the changes that came with moving, the drawing became her companion. She grew up in a cultural environment and was at a young age exposed to the beautiful cathedrals in central Europe, museums, classical concert halls and learning the appreciation of art and nature – especially the Norwegian mountain landscape.
At the age of eight she attended her first drawing classes with Norwegian artist Dag Gimle, and this developed into a dream of becoming an artist.
As a young adult Louise took preparatory courses with reputable artist Ulrik Hof in Charlottenlund north of Copenhagen and later she went to the village of Villa Faraldi in the north of Italy to be an art student with the Norwegian known artists Inger Sitter and Frits Røed.
Louise decided to take an education in handicrafts and cultural communication and later a teacher's education with a specialization in visual arts and design, as well as a master's degree in educational psychology.
Alongside family life, teaching and working as a special educational consultant, Louise has painted. In 2021 Louise decided to give her artistic work priority with ambition to exhibit more.
Artist statement
The common thread in my artwork is the investigation of changeability and transfiguration.
I investigate motifs of nature, biblical stories, myths, fairy tales and not least psychological and spiritual understandings.
Sometimes it is the nature of the materials, textures, materiality that inspires a certain expression. But regardless of technique and means, changeability and transfiguration are the overarching themes in my pictures.
Lately my work has evolved around water reflections, richly blooming flowers, and chrysalis figures.
Reflections symbolize the relation between the present moment and the reflection of it. When fading the gaze on the motif the observer senses the harmony of the big picture even though the course of the lines are twisted and deviate slightly in the reflection. A ripple on the water disturbs the reflection and new lines occur as well as the ‘ripple’ in perception opens the opportunity for wondering and seeing new possibilities.
Under the title Becoming I want to express change and transfiguration in a psychological existential framework of understanding. The human like chrysalis figure symbolizes a transitional state.
The Flora Adora motifs honor the beauty of realization and fulfilment in nature and symbolize gratitude towards the abundance of opportunities and love in life when you dare to live more fully.
