A portrait of Ole Aakjaer
Ole Aakjær "Erase History"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "More Wine Now"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær "Listen To The Girl"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Pork Belly"
Watercolour & ink on paper
50"x 34"
Ole Aakjær "I Wrote a Poem Today" Ed. 11
Silkscreen
42" x 31"
Ole Aakjær "Growing in the Shade"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "La Grande Danse Macabre"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "It´s just a Game"
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Chasing Shadows"
Watercolour & ink on paper
20" x 20"
Ole Aakjær "Cats & Shadows"
Watercolour & ink on paper
60" x 40"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch XIII"
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch XVI"
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch III"
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjær "Poésie Incorrecte" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
25" x 68"
Ole Aakjær "To Seduce a Prime Minister" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Green-Eyed Knowledge" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Everything is Right in my Garden" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær "Survival Strategy" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær "To Understand the Mechanisms" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "I'm Not Digital" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
50" x 34"
Ole Aakjær "Sing the Siren" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch IX" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch VII" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjær "Pleasure Machinery" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Game On" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch X" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch VI" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjær "Another Strange Party" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Flower Me" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "The Saddest Thing About Betrayal" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjær "Sing a Siren" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjær "It's a Woman's World" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "The Chamber Music Society" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch XII" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch XI" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjær "Pretty in Black" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
60" x 40"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch II" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjaer "Solitude in Space" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
42" x 30"
Ole Aakjær "The Clear White Light" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
60" x 40"
Ole Aakjaer "YUL Sketch IV" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
16" x 16"
Ole Aakjær "2nd Time Seducer" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 98"
Ole Aakjær "A Triangle Situation" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
55" x 55"
Ole Aakjær "Whatever Forever" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Aomame - Double Moon Forever" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Seduction in Black & White" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
68" x 50"
Ole Aakjær "Zinnober Illusion" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjær "Translate my Solitude" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
24" x 68"
Ole Aakjær "Girls Night Out" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
79" x 38 1/2"
Ole Aakjær "Waiting for a Signal" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
30" x 21"
Ole Aakjær "Female Soldier" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
30" x 21"
Ole Aakjær "Born to be Alive" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær "This is Not Bambi" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær "Sing Baby in the Bleeding Hour" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjær "My Only Winter Sun" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
71" x 51"
Ole Aakjaer "Temporary Masks" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
44" x 64"
Ole Aakjaer "Almost Square" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
51" x 70"
Ole Aakjaer "Deep in Darkness" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
44" x 64"
Ole Aakjaer "Ruby" SOLD
Watercolour & ink on paper
44" x 64"
Ole Aakjær is a Danish artist born in 1962 who has been drawing and painting since he was able to hold a brush in his hands. Originally, his dream was to create cartoons, looking up to artists such as Milo Manara, Enki Bilal and Jean Giraud (aka Moebius). In the mid-1980s, he successfully published an album at Carlsen, Denmark's main comic book publisher at the time. Since 1992, he runs his own illustration studio.
The works of Ole Aakjær are primarily executed using watercolour and ink on paper, often in very large formats. He previously experimented with acrylic painting, but it’s with the vibrant colours of watercolour that his talent is best expressed. Ink and watercolour require great mastery because there is no room for error or corrections, the desired result must be achieved on the first application. But that is also where the poetry of watercolour rests, within its luminosity and its strength in colours and contrasts. Ole Aakjær affixes his hues and combines them with apparent ease, and his works appear with a force and presence full of passion and power, leaving the spectators in admiration.
The main theme represented by Ole Aakjær is one of the most used in the history of art: the beautiful young woman. In his case, she is complex, fearless and photogenic. Ole Aakjær examines the female face as a gateway to the soul. Although she courageously meets the eyes of the spectator with energy and obstinacy, her inner life and secrets remain intact. Her body is tattooed with texts and characters, which adds meanings and leads to questioning. A map of the world, a root system that spreads over the neck and face, a patterned circle recalling a mandala, thus making the world gravitate around the woman's face. We can also recognize a subtle influence from the world of advertising and graphic design, observing the margins of framing and the presence of oversized keywords in certain artwork.
Ole Aakjær has won numerous awards and competitions and has gained notoriety as a man of ideas, poster artist and painter. His last 24 exhibitions have all been a success, with every single piece sold.
Ole Aakjaer is an internationally-recognized watercolour artist, whose love of music, literature, films and photographs, along with his childhood dream of becoming a cartoonist, has inspired him to create a unique and vibrant style of paintings that leave a lasting impression. This complexity of watercolour deepens the dramatic effect put forward by the artist with his use of abundant colourful hues and hidden symbolism, creating daring female portraits that cannot be forgotten.