Rolf Grieg

This is one of the first pictures I made of Sonia. As can be clearly seen in the drawig we did not feel reciprocal at ease with each other when I was making the picture. I asked her if she would accept that I put butterflies in the background of the drawing, which she permitted me to do. I choosed a species of blue winged butterflies, common in Colombia, where she was born and lived until she was adopted and brought to Norway one year old. I never asked her wether she liked this drawing, maybe she thinks she is looking too old. She is both - very old and extremely young - and will be so for a long time.