Blog

Hi everyone,

 

This will be my first blog post, but my plan is to write a blog on a fairly regular bases. This will just be a short one, some random information about myself and announcing my new and improved website, which I'm pretty excited about!

 

My name is Sigríður Huld Ingvarsdóttir. Due to my first name being rather common in Iceland I chose my middle name, Huld, to represent my art self. Huld means secret or hidden and is an old name which can be found in Norse mythology. My first name Sigríður which means battle beauty is also an old name and as I said before, pretty popular for my generation.

Iceland is one of the few (if maybe only) country that does not use family names. We are named after our parents, usually fathers, so my last name, Ingvarsdóttir, means that I am the daughter (dóttir) of Ingvar (name of my father) Men are sons so my brother last name is Ingvarsson.

I grew up on a farm in the north of Iceland and seek my inspiration from there. At the moment I'm obsessed with painting sheep skin (wool) and my next blog will be about those paintings so stay tuned.

 

My new website is now up and running and I hope it doesn't have too many flaws in it. I'm still making adjustments and figuring things out but with time I hope my website will be a good platform for me.