ABOUT

I’M DRAWN TO WEATHERED TEXTURES AND FORMS THAT ECHO HISTORY. PREVIOUSLY WORKING MAINLY WITH BLACK PIGMENTS, MY UPCOMING COLLECTION TAKES A NEW DIRECTION, INSPIRED BY THE MEDITERRANEAN PAST.

EACH WORK IS CREATED AS A STATEMENT PIECE FOR MODERN INTERIORS. I THINK OF THEM AS MODERN CAVE PAINTINGS — SLOW, TEXTURED, AND CARRYING TRACES OF SOMETHING ANCIENT. EACH ONE HOLDING ITS OWN STORY.

IF YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS RELEASED, I SEND OUT OCCASIONAL EMAILS CALLED WHILE THE PAINT DRIES — WITH FIRST ACCESS TO NEW WORK, THOUGHTS BEHIND THE PAINTINGS, AND PIECES THAT MIGHT NOT END UP ANYWHERE ELSE.

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Thanks for being here.

— Sia

I’m Sia Arnell — A SWEDISH CONTEMPORARY ARTIST WORKING ON RAW CANVAS, CREATING TEXTURED ARTWORKS THAT FEEL BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN.

UP UNTIL RECENTLY, I LIVED AND PAINTED ON MY SAILBOAT WHILE SAILING THE MEDITERRANEAN, LETTING THE SEA, THE WIND, AND THE VAST HORIZONS SHAPE MY PROCESS. NOW BACK ON LAND, WORKING FROM MY STUDIO IN SWEDEN, I STILL CARRY THAT SENSE OF STILLNESS AND DEPTH INTO EACH PIECE.