Forest Mudpaints

Slamfärg (mudpaint)

For my work I mainly used earth colors (red, ocher, black, grey), characteristic pigments in the Swedish landscape. In Sweden, houses, barns and stables are traditionally painted with a red mud paint (slamfärg: Falu röd) and black mud paint (Falu svart), the oldest and most widely used paints in Sweden. Our Swedish neighbors told us that it is mainly used outdoors for painting wood. Apparently nobody had thought that you could also paint with it on paper or canvas. 

01. Forest mudpaint 1_antoon loomans_3842

04. Forest mudpaint 4_antoon loomans_4644 (3)

02. Forest mudpaint 2_antoon loomans_3842

03. Forest mudpaint 3_antoon loomans_3837

05. Forest mudpaint 5_antoon loomans_4651 (2)

06. Forest mudpaint 6_antoon loomans_4670

07. Forest mudpaint 7_antoon loomans_20210918

08. Forest mudpaint 8_antoon loomans_4655

10. Forest mudpaint 10_antoon loomans_4663