Emma Nord's art gallery – watercolors and Swedish motifs

Welcome to my gallery ♥

My art

Watercolor, acrylic and digital – my longing for Sweden on paper. ♥

Collection I · Sweden

Swedish Dreams

Houses in Falu red, lakes in the evening light – painted on my terrace, with a longing for the North in my brush.

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Here you’ll find my favorite pictures – hanging in Swedish dream homes, whether traditional Swedish houses or modern lofts. What matters is the feeling they give us when we look at them. The feeling I had as I sat on my terrace with my brush and palette.

Or the feeling of sitting alone on the couch in the evening, when the kids were already asleep, or with quiet music playing – the tablet in my hand and the Apple Pencil for digital drawing. Different media and styles are part of my art, and I use them depending on my mood. Over time, certain motifs have become tied to a particular drawing style.

Watercolor of a red Swedish house by the water with a rowboat and flowers

Swedish coastal painting with the sea in a rustic wooden frame

Painted Madonna figure in a blue cloth – detail view

Watercolor of a Swedish farmstead with a yellow house, red barn and stone bridge

Painting with a Swedish house by the lake and a Midsommar pole

Painted wooden Madonna and Child figure in the garden

Painting with a Swedish house, lake and crane

Hand-painted owl as decoration on a Swedish house

Watercolor of a Swedish living room with a blue sofa and tiled stove

Folk art painting of a Madonna in a blue frame with candles

Watercolor of a red Swedish house by the lake with a jetty

Painting of a Swedish kitchen window with red curtains

Painted Madonna figure on a globe with a Swedish flag

Mini painting with a green Swedish house in a white frame

Watercolor of a child with a bunch of tulips and a blue jacket

Watercolor of an archipelago landscape with a rowboat on the shore

Wooden Madonna and Child figure in a Swedish dining room

Mini painting with a red Swedish house in a white frame

Painted Madonna figure in a blue cloth – portrait view

Painting with a clothesline by the lake in a driftwood frame

Blue folk art pillow with a mother-and-child motif

Watercolor of a red Swedish house in a birch forest by the lake

Painting of a woman with a flower hat in a red frame

Hand-painted anchor as decoration on a Swedish house

Postcard with a Swedish house and a saying about intuition

Watercolor with a floral bow and the lettering Mitt Allt in front of a red Swedish house

Painted decorative tin car with a Swedish landscape

Crocheted granny square pillow in blue and red

Painting with seagulls on the beach and the sea

Collection II · Watercolors

Dipped in Color

Colorful watercolors – forests, the sea, animals and a touch of playfulness. Here I simply let the colors flow.

Colorful watercolor of a floral wreath – Emma Nord

Colorful watercolor of an ornamental deer – Emma Nord

Colorful watercolor of an ornamental peacock – Emma Nord

Colorful watercolor of a fox in bold colors – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a wildflower wreath with a mouse and berries – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a eucalyptus wreath with roses and blueberries – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a rose and eucalyptus wreath with gold accents – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a winter wreath with a fly agaric and a mouse – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a spring wreath with tulips and Easter eggs – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a flower wreath with a bullfinch and berries – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a flower wreath with a tit and blueberries – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a flower wreath with a bluebird and blueberries – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a pink rose bouquet in pastel tones – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a pink blossoming tree – Emma Nord

Watercolor with a moon and koi fish in ink technique – Emma Nord

Watercolor looking up into blue treetops in the forest – Emma Nord

Watercolor of a winter forest in a circle in blue – Emma Nord

Watercolor with the sea and waves in pastel tones – Emma Nord

Abstract watercolor with blue waves – Emma Nord

Collection III · Portraits

Faces on the Screen

Drawn line by line late at night. Some sad, some defiant – all of them a piece of me.

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in turquoise and orange with the lettering Trust Yourself – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in green with flowing curls and the lettering Keep Shining – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait in red with a rose and the lettering Stop old Patterns – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn black-and-white portrait of a woman with butterflies and ink splashes – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman with red hair against a blue watercolor background – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn profile portrait of a woman with flowing blue hair – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in magenta and purple with watercolor splashes – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in gold and black with ink lines – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in front of a blue curtain in a pink-orange dress – Emma Nord

Digitally drawn portrait of a woman in purple with a raised hand and blossoms – Emma Nord

Collection IV · Healing

My Inner Child

The little bunny I hid for so long – here I hold it protectively in my arms.

Out of the Dark

Pictures that came about without a plan. Dark, honest – and deeply freeing for me.

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I’ve been painting since I was a little girl. I always had high expectations of myself that I could never meet. A few years ago I started painting more intensely again – and not according to a plan, as I used to – but simply whatever unfolded.

Some of my pictures became very dark, but that didn’t bother me. I always felt that I had a dark side within me that was now finding its expression this way. Since my flashbacks, now that I know what happened to me, I’m amazed at how much the pictures tell of what was done to me. And yet there is something freeing about them for me.