malinsahlenart

’Grounded’ · Collector’s home, Nävekvarn · Sold 2024 during exhibition at NK Stockholm

“The moment I saw Grounded at the exhibition, I knew it belonged in my home in Nävekvarn. It reminds me of the surroundings around me: the forest, the sea, and the sunlight shimmering through the trees and across the water. Each time I look at it, I discover new patterns and it fills me with joy. When the sunlight pours through the windows and falls onto the painting, it glows.”
— Johanna, collector in Nävekvarn

I’m Malin Sahlén (b. 1992), a Swedish intuitive artist, raised in Falköping and now based in Stockholm since 2014.

Each painting grows from feeling, vision, and intuition, as I works with oil on canvas and builds every artwork through layers of colour, light, movement, and depth.

Working in a wet-on-dry technique, I allow each layer to rest before returning, creating subtle transitions and a living depth that holds both stillness and motion.

My art is a living practice of presence – rooted in the sensitivity of nature, the vastness of space, the rhythm of geometry, and the universal energies flowing through all life.

Guided by intuition, I give each work the time it needs, knowing it is complete when harmonious energies begin to pulse from the canvas.

At the core of my artistry lies the dialogue between the earthly and the ethereal, where colour and form become a language of emotional and spiritual resonance.

Each painting emerges as a unique expression – a sanctuary where stillness holds space for movement.