| ~ Last Updated/Endurskoða ~ Bookmark this site's URL as: http://www.gunnella.info/ |
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in Garðabær Iceland/Ísland. Velkominn... Welcome to my artist's page on the web. Quick Link to the 2011 Gallery New art posted in Gallery 2011 on August 25, 2011. Note: Gunnella's email is gunnella@gunnella.info gunnella1@gmail.com still works as a backup. |
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 Gunnella on Viðey 2009 |
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"I'm Gunnella. Please make yourself at home and enjoy browsing through my galleries. All galleries, both present and past. |
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 Vist me on my blog: gunnellaiceland.blogspot.com |
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Gunnella Paints Iceland |
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 Nóa Síríus 2010 Christmas Chocolates  Kristján Geir Gunnarsson and Gunnella at the October 1, 2010 announcement |
The art of Gunnella is featured on the four 2010 Nóa Síríus Christmas chocolate boxes See them HERE. This is the first time in the history of Nóa Síríus that art has been featured on the popular special Christmas edition. Read and see the news coverage in Fréttablaðið and Séð og Heyrt HERE. |
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 See a brief Gunnella interview on a 2:19 video. Same video on You Tube HERE and on Nóa Síríus HERE. It's pure Icelandic, so enjoy the language. |
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| Gunnella's Art inspires another to paint in wool. HERE. |
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| Jonsmessu Festival / Jónsmessugleði June 24, 2010  Gunnella and her little paintings at the festival that celebrates the longest daylight day of the year in Garðabær. 2010 Jónsmessu Festival Photos HERE 2009 Jónsmessu Festival Photos HERE with Gunnella and her banner painting at the festival. |
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| A painting revisits Gunnella after twenty-seven years, as a treasure found. Amusing story HERE. |
 Landslag / Landscape 1983 |
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| Gunnella Exhibition at Gallerí Fold November 14 - November 29th, 2009  Hátíð í bæ / Celebration Visit the Opening Reception See the Photos HERE  Gallerí Fold Exhibition Web Page Gallerí Fold Rauðarárstíg 12-14 105 Reykjavík Gallery web site: www.myndlist.is |
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Gunnella's Books Click on a Cover for More |
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| Fall 2007 Gunnella's second illustrated children's book, written by Bruce McMillan, published in the US by Houghton Mifflin and in Iceland by Epplaeyja útgáfan For copies in Iceland (Icelandic or English) please email gunnella@gunnella.info or call 564-1592 |
"The team that made stars of a group of Icelandic ladies in The Problem with Chickens returns for another winning round." Publishers Weekly, Sept 2007 How the Ladies Stopped the Wind  Hvernig konurnar stöðvuðu blásturinn |
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October 4, 2008 At the conclusion of Gunnella's Art Residency in Siglufjörður, there was an exhibition in the residence that featured the paintings done during her month-long residency. It was a well attended event in this tiny fishing village in the north that holds so many fond childhood memories for Gunnella of visiting her grandmother, memories and inspiration for her art. Visit the Siglufjörður Art Residence web site HERE. |
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 Siglufjörður Reception Photos HERE |
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All About Life Goes On HERE Lífið heldur áfram / Life Goes On 140 cm x 95 cm / 58" x 40" 2008 Private Collection |
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Gunnella's art was featured on the cover of the Autumn-Winter 2007 issue of Scandanavian Review published by the American-Scandanavian Foundation in New York. This painting was featured in The Problem with Chickens and another painting from How the Ladies Stopped the Wind appears inside accompanying an article by Bruce McMillan, Tales For Children Icelandic Style. |
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Gunnella Speaks to a US Book Tour from Salisbury University at The Culture House in Reykjavík |
 Gunnella and Bruce |
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Gunnella in the News in Frjáls verslun |
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Gunnella painting: Photos at Gallerí Fold Menningarnótt Ágúst 2006 |
Gunnella The Painter from Garðabær Iceland Read and save the PDF brochure about Gunnella and her art. Click Here Opens in new window |
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| Fire and Ice Read About Gunnella's Art on Exhibit in the U.S. at Art Expo |
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In addition to my paintings for exhibition and sale, some have also appeared in my first children's book, The Problem with Chickens Hænur eru hermikrákur, published in the US and Iceland in 2005. Read all about the book awards and see the photos. |
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 Gunnella's first book has been highly honored in the US. Read all about these honors. |
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| Gunnella is: |
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the first Icelander to have a book selected as s a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; See the awards presentation photos 2) The first Icelander to have a book selected by Publishers Weekly as a Best Illustrated Children's Book; 3) the first Icelander to receive starred reviews in both the prestigious US magazines School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, 4) the first Icelander to have a book honored in the US with a Seal of Approval from the Parent's Choice Foundation. 5) the first Icelander to have a book selected for the Maine Humanites Council reading list. |
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| Bruce McMillan of the U.S. has written an illustrated essay about the develpment of Gunnella's art and it's style: Gunnella and Her Art. |
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Upadate Dec 25, 2006 |
You are welcome to visit the updated trip to my Memory House in Siglufjörður with me. |
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| Ókeypis skjásvæfa You are welcome to use the free Windows screensaver of my paintings. |
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The Icelandic Forestry Association's Skógræktarritið 2008 cover features a painting of Gunnella's. This is the annual booklet from Skógræktarfélag Íslands, the Icelandic Forestry Association, the organization to encourage forestry in Iceland. | ||
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The Icelandic Forestry Association's Skógræktarritið 2006 cover features a painting from Gunnella's second book, How the Ladies Stopped the Wind. Coincidentally, her book explains why there are so few trees in the Icelandic countryside. | ||
| Skógræktarfélag site in English Skógræktarfélag Íslands |
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| The Heart Association of Iceland sells Christmas cards as their major fundraiser. In 2005 they used two of Gunnella's paintings and in 2006, once again, they used two more of Gunnella's paintings. | |||
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The Problem with Chickens / Hænur eru hermikrákur by Bruce McMillan Illustrated with paintings by Gunnella and translated by Sigurður A. Magnússon US Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Iceland Publisher: Salka |
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| ~ Buying Paintings ~ To purchase my art please contact me. gunnella@gunnella.info (for web based email, Gmail,Yahoo or Hotmail, copy and paste the address) I am represented by Gallerí Fold Email Tryggvi at the Gallery |
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 Guðrún Elín Ólafsdóttir Sunnuflöt 42 Garðabær 210 Iceland/Ísland phone/sími: 564-1592 |
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| I'm Gunnella. Please make yourself at home and enjoy browsing through my galleries, both past and present. Bruce McMillan of the US has written Gunnella and Her Art, an illustrated essay about the develpment of my art and it's style. You are welcome to use the free Windows screensaver of my paintings. I also lilustrated children's books published in the US and Iceland, The Problem with Chickens, along with How the Ladies Stopped the Wind. Enjoy/Njóta... |
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| web site additions and updates by, and you may contact, Bruce McMillan www.brucemcmillan.com |
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