When realism and abstraction meet
Meet the artists Tony Roos and Jan Andersson. Tony Roos conveys a sense of reality through modern realism, while Jan Andersson's pictorial world stretches from naturalistic to an inner and more abstract world.
Painting techniques that meet
In the summer of 2010, Tony and Jan held a joint art exhibition in Lysekil and since then there has been a collaboration between us – in such a way that we complement each other well at exhibitions because our expressions are so different.
Tony with the typical realistic painting with both brush and palette knife, where contrasts and play of light mean a lot to the whole and the end result. Jan with his expressive manner with North American Indian motifs that have a central importance in his creative artwork, with mixed media such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, monotype.
After the pandemic, we have discussed a more concrete collaboration between us in terms of marketing, exhibition activities, new contacts on the international art market. As part of this, we are now investing in a refreshing website where we jointly present our will and offer in what we call “Two contrasts”.
We simply want to broaden our views as it is called and pass on our art painting to other parts of Europe, Asia and the USA. Both Jan and Tony have a solid art education at the bottom, we have both worked with graphic design and as art teachers.
Together, we are represented at a large number of companies in the country and in the majority of municipalities and county councils in Sweden.
Tony Roos
Visual artist Tony Roos wants to convey a sense of reality, he calls painting modern realism. Regardless of whether nature, buildings, interiors, people etc. are perceived as “ugly” or unusually “beautiful”. Realism, in short, depicts reality as much as possible, as he sees it. In painting, the light, contrasts and a powerful painting are of great importance for the overall structure of the motifs.
Jan Andersson
Jan’s visual world ranges from naturalistic to an inner and abstract world. He works in a broad perspective with different techniques such as oil, acrylic collage, watercolour, monotype* and the lithographic hand print from stone, plate and plastic. A great interest in the Indians of North America has existed since childhood. The comic book collection, books and films have inspired his personal Native American images for the past ten years.
