Size: 40 x 65 x 4 cm
Technique: acrylics & mixed media on linen canvas

Overtures)
In the collection Overtures, I have begun to approach the vision of artistically sharing how I, as an autistic person, take in and experience the world by trying to portray my experience of approaching others.

Here, the house forms, somewhat boxy, scarred, and worn, serve as a metaphor for the autistic search for connection. The houses symbolize home, our safest place. Asemic writing represents non-verbal communication, common among autistic people, and the original communication with the world around us that occurs before we can put it into words. The geometric patterns reflect contact with the universe, the whole, the underlying life force we sense before we can even name it.

Gently, one step at a time, the bodies approach each other, creating a new kind of togetherness – a shared human presence in love.

Carolina Gårdheim, Gårdheim ART

Soulmates (#6164)

Size: 47 x 30 cm (framed 49 x 32 x 4 cm)
Technique: acrylics & mixed media on linen canvas

About the collection: In this collection, The Mechanics of Life, I explore abstract painting to express an experienced inner reality. Using acrylic, mixed media, and various tools, I create textured layers that dance between strength and vulnerability, allowing hidden and unspoken depths to emerge. Inspired by raw, weathered surfaces in old houses and industrial environments, I embrace darkness, brokenness, and fragility as places where profound beauty can emerge.

My approach is physical and intense – scraping, tearing, and manipulating the canvas to reveal authenticity. This process of adding, subtracting, arranging, and rearranging mirrors how I make sense of the world around me, attempting to transform fragmented experiences into meaningful wholeness.

The resulting works express the fundamental force underlying everything – the essential element that binds us together: LOVE.

In the Eye of the Storm: Love (#6176)

Size: 43 x 30 cm (framed 45 x 32 x 4 cm)
Technique: acrylics & mixed media on linen canvas

About the collection: In this collection, The Mechanics of Life, I explore abstract painting to express an experienced inner reality. Using acrylic, mixed media, and various tools, I create textured layers that dance between strength and vulnerability, allowing hidden and unspoken depths to emerge. Inspired by raw, weathered surfaces in old houses and industrial environments, I embrace darkness, brokenness, and fragility as places where profound beauty can emerge.

My approach is physical and intense – scraping, tearing, and manipulating the canvas to reveal authenticity. This process of adding, subtracting, arranging, and rearranging mirrors how I make sense of the world around me, attempting to transform fragmented experiences into meaningful wholeness.

The resulting works express the fundamental force underlying everything – the essential element that binds us together: LOVE.

Held by the Mountain (#6177)

white

yellow

orange

purple

dark blue

green

light blue

brown

black

Acrylic

Aquatint

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Chalk

Charcoal

Clay

Concrete

Embroidery

Graphite

Gold

Mixed Media

Metal

Oil Paint

Paper

Pastels

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Resin

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Sanctuary of Peace (#6181)

Inner Balance (#6180)

Worlds of Wisdom (#6188)

Finding My Way Home (#6179)

Stillness Within (#6182)

Guided by Light (#6189)

Where Peace Finds Me (#6178)

Golden Awakening (#6184)

2 lamps over 3 plants

Carolina Gårdheim, Gårdheim ART

collection: Abstract

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Soulmates (#6164)

In the Eye of the Storm: Love (#6176)

Held by the Mountain (#6177)