Sven Norberg

the artist

Sven Norberg.
Artist of fish.
Paints with fish scales.
Scrapes off the scales, pastes them one by one on a mighty canvas.
His favorite fish to use are the BlueGill, Rainbow Trout, Swordfish, and Catfish.
He lives his summers in the Bayous of Louisiana and his Winters in the cold arctic air of Norway.
"Ya, taut's awl far now," says he.

the art

Big. White hemp-based canvas.
stretched taut between two trees in local parks.
painted with naturally colored fish scales.
mosaic style.
focuses on remington-like american west themes.

the beret

a tightly fitting 100% wool cap.
like a stocking cap without the length.
A 2-inch flat roll across the bottom.
Grey. with an 'e', not an 'a'
worn above the ears, toward the back of his head.
Life's a box of...Life ain't a box... not of anything...If it were, it would be well-defined...which it isn't...Forrest Gump ain't real...His pseudo-philosophy doesn't hold a candle to real truth...he has brain-washed the U.S. and the academy.

Submitted by Eric A Mathiasen (emathias@css.tayloru.edu), on Saturday, April 1, 1995, from Chicago, IL, USA