Fairy paintings by Ann Mari Sjögren.
A brief resumé of the art work of Ann Mari from Sweden
Gumma (Old Lady)
A Self Portrait painted in June 2002

Born in 1918, Ann Mari Sjögren, was raised in Nyhamnsläge, a small Swedish fishing community. Her father was a saddler but also worked as an upholsterer, he also owned the only taxi-cab in the village.

Ann Mari is the younger of two sisters. Her artistic heritage can be traced to her mother who was very conscious of colours, and her father who, in later years spent his time carving figures in wood.

Ann Mari has been painting fairies for as long as she can remember. Every piece of paper that she found became a little work of art, the margins in her mothers cookery-books were fully drawn with fancy ladies in elegant hats and so on.

"The future? Ha, there is none! It's behind me", says Ann Mari with a deprecating waveof the arm. "But nevertheless, I am happy as long as I can do the things I love to do. That is what makes the day worth living, and that is what enriches my life.

Ann Mari Sjögren is now 84 years old and still painting the subjects she loves. She is currently living in her three-room attic apartment at Drottninggatan ('Queens Street') in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Christmas 2007

Ann Mari's latest work.