About Sirenes
Sirenes is known for its abstract, colorful, powerful, and vibrant paintings. Founded by Siren Fristad in 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The artistic journey began with a passion for expressive creativity.
Art painter Sirenes
In 2011, she held her first solo exhibition in Oslo.Since then, Sirenes has participated in exhibitions around the world, including the UK, Italy, Canada, the United States, and China. Her artwork is collected internationally, with buyers in the USA, Norway, Australia, and Morocco. She has also received several international awards for her art.
Founder Siren M. Fristad
Siren Merete Fristad (born 1966, Kristiansand, Norway) lives and works outside Oslo with her husband, Sigurd Fristad, and they have four children.
Originally trained as a technical drafter, she began her career in a kindergarten and later worked as a model. Together with her husband, she co-founded several successful businesses, including one of the Nordic region’s best-selling smoothie brands, Froosh.
Since 2008, she has worked as a full-time artist, drawing inspiration from meditation and yoga. She is especially known for her vibrant finger-painting technique.
Artist Statement:
I have always been fascinated by colours, even as a child, and as an adult I have found that flowers, clothes and cosmetics all provide me with regular sources of intriguing or delightful colour combinations.
I become inspired to paint through silence and peace, by performing yoga, through meditation and by being in nature. I am trying to express my inner feelings from my soul in my work, but also relationships and emotions in and between human beings.
I am very sensitive to the feelings of others, and that sensitivity forms an important part of my artwork. I am painting directly onto the canvas, always barefoot, often through finger-painting with the consequence that each painting becomes absolutely unique.
- Siren M. Fristad
