Mótljós/Into the Light
 Book Cover |
 The Artist |
It has taken two years and three months, but it is finally happening. The book of paintings by Heðin Kambsdal will be in the bookstores in the Faroe Islands early next week. From the hundreds of oil paintings he had made during the past thirty years, he selected about 120 that he wanted to consider for the book. During the fall of 2005, I drove around the Faroe Islands, taking photos of about 100 of his paintings, all of them privately owned by individuals or businesses. In the process, I met many wonderful Faroese people, drank many cups of tea or coffee, ate cookies, sandwiches, dried lamb, and even some Christmas almond rice pudding with cream and cherries.
We selected sixty three paintings for the book, and these were photographed in a studio in Tórshavn in July a year ago. This meant that we picked up sixty three paintings from homes and businesses all over the Faroes and delivered them to the studio in Tórshavn, and two days later we returned them to their owners. For the past year Heðin has been working with the printers to get the most accurate colors for the book, which is a very delicate and time-consuming job. At last, the book is done, and should be back in the Faroe Islands next Monday - assuming airplanes fly and ferries sail and trucks can drive. I am excited that I can be here for this event.
We will be having three book signing events in early December:
Guess what I will be buying my family for Christmas this year?