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Paintings by Niklas Asker Niklas Asker born 1979...





















Paintings by Niklas Asker

Niklas Asker born 1979 in Härnösand, Sweden is an illustrator, graphic novelist, and painter. After 10 years as a professional artist, he has worked with everything from television and editorial illustration to adapting a bestselling novel into comic form for the worlds largest book publisher. 

In my oil paintings I try to balance traditional figurative painting with surreal and abstract elements to create a space somewhere between reality and dream where I can study the world from a distance.    

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