Jeffrey Engberg endeavours with his artwork to find meaning in life by wandering through the dark recesses of the mind.

Jeff studied art in California, Spain and Norway. He was associated with Can Serrat Art Center near Barcelona for 12 years helping to form, build, organize and enjoy Can Serrat's creative ambience and rural lifestyle in the Catalan countryside. He participated in dozens of workshops learning techniques like printing, photography, sculpture, stained glass, casting, puppetry and others. Jeff also worked with Strykejernet Art School from Norway for many years in Oslo and Spain until the final years of the '90s attending to student groups at Can Serrat.
His artwork : These last eight years jeff has focused on surrealist drawings on cotton paper exploring dreamworlds and imaginative environments populated by strange small creatures that strive to fulfill their calling in empty landscapes populated with strange animals and archetypical creatures.
Some say"no man is an island." Jeff says "every man is an island unto himself", deep within the confines of his mind and soul. Creative expression is how we humans try to express this isolation and share our inner soul with others.
The Drawings from Another World embody imaginitive worlds of fantastic landscapes and creatures inspired by dreams and hidden emotion.
Deep inside each one of us is a world unknown to others. Our souls are populated by archetypes and composite philosophies and experiences that the mind tries to understand through imagery particular to each individual. This series tries to capture this world of feelings and philosophies in visual form, without implying any answers or morals to the stories depicted. There are no answers here. In sharing this world with you I hope you can learn something about your own life by reflecting on images that can act as guiding frameworks for thought and as an exploration of feelings.
Some say that "no man is an island." Jeff says "every man is an island unto himself", deep within the confines of his mind and soul. Creative expression is how we humans try to express this isolation and share our inner soul with others. Jeff invites you to take a journey through my archetypical archipelago and visit worlds you have never thought existed. Who knows; such worlds may even exist in your own mind....
The graphic prints in this series are monotypes printed from wooden MDF plates worked with varnish, graphite, sand etc. Each print is unique, as the ink has to be applied in different quantities and removed carefully before printing, creating a distinctly different print each time the plate is used.
Inspired by the rocks of the mystical mountain Montserrat near Barcelona and flowing effervescent bubbles of Cava - the champagne of Catalunya - these works bring to mind a pre-Cretaceous world inhabited by sea creatures and stone.
The paintings in this series were inspired by the natural conglomerate rock formations of the mystical mountain Montserrat near Barcelona and the bubbles from Cava, the local sparkling wine of Catalunya. This was an exploration in the micro/macro, large/small, ethereal/physical.
Hand-made oil paints ground from pure oil and natural high-quality pigments were used for this series.
A figurative exploration of the human body as subject, fused with Viking Rune symbols.
De-building some famous classic artworks from art history, just for the fun.
A ten year patio project at Can Serrat built in collaboration with Strykejernet Art School.