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HE DESCRIBES HIS SURROUNDINGS LIKE THIS:"I live in a small rural settlement in northern Sweden.""Six families live in this settlement, the Arctic Circle is not far away.""In midsummer we have no nights and in midwinter we have no bright day.""One positive part is the calm beautiful surroundings that have rich populations of wildlife.""By having the nature just outside my studio, it has been natural for me, as a painter, to get inspiration from it."Andreas Hedberg's identity is rooted in true north of the taiga. A Swede by birth and inveterately Nordic in his orientation to the environment, Hedberg holds a novel view of the outdoors pursuing sublime simplicity in a complicated world. What follows is a conversation.  Click on images below to increase their size.
"The long winters make people quite isolated and you have to adapt to this in some way if you are going to live your life here. To be honest I don't always cope with the darkness and the cold." —Andreas Hedberg


WILDLIFE ART JOURNAL: You live in the Scandinavian Far North,which gives you a front row seat to the top of the world. What are the things that define the way people live?

ANDREAS HEDBERG: I think most people, living far from the buzzing urban life, do appreciate living close to nature. Fishing and hunting are popular activities among my friends but I personally prefer to hunt with sketchbook or camera. The long winters make people quite isolated and you have to...