In PARADISE Bergstrom paints her inner landscape and her pieces from the Åland Islands convey both gentleness and proud potency. Bergstrom’s strong brush strokes communicate the juxtaposition of soft peacefulness combined with nature’s most majestic force. The individual pieces in the exhibition join together in a subtle whisper that vibrates a fragile and powerful message to the viewer.

Since completing this body of work, we have seen and felt the momentous, distressing and irreversible events, most significantly, the brutal and senseless war on our doorstep that threatens our entire global existence; emphasising how fragile and precarious Paradise really is.

Bergstrom works with both portraits and landscapes. Bergstrom has painted many interesting personalities over the years and has recently completed official portraits of President Tarja Halonen and Åbo Akademis Ulrika Wolf-Knuts.