Storytelling - my way.

For Children and Grandparents - for Dogs Fans - for Fans of Dog Breed Beagle

2011-10-07T11:52:00.001-07:00

Renowned Danish author Orla Nygaard and World of Art Award Winning Danish Artist Asbjorn Lonvig have so far published 3 children's books on LuluPress.com who administers print on demand publishing.

Two Books have been published in English. They are about a family who buys a dog (a Beagle).
The father is skeptical because he does not think he has time enough to look after the dog.
However, he becomes so fond of the dog that he decides to bring up and train the dog himself.
Unfortunately, things do not turn out the way he thinks and hopes. Time after time things go wrong
and very far from what he had expected, which results in a number of comical and bizarre situations.
You can see comprehensive previews on LuluPress of the books: Preview "The World's Best Beagy"
and preview of "Beagy will be Beagy".

You can order these 2 books by clicking on the motifs shown above - you will be navigated directly to the books on the LuluPress markedplace.

The 2 books mentioned above have been combined and published in Danish.
The book title is: "Biggi Verdens bedste Hund".

Nygaard & Lonvig, Denmark is very satisfied about feedbacks.
One of the most positive is this:

Dear Asbjorn.
I wrote to you when I received the books that I thought they are beautiful.
I liked the titles of the books. Very memorable. Children and parents can relate easily to the titles and
chapter titles. The colors of the covers and the art on the covers is very appealing for children as well as parents.
I love your geometric art and think it goes really well with the story contents.The inside of the books are very nicely done.
The page layouts are very clean and the art and story go really well with each other.
One can follow the story easily by looking at the pictures.

I liked the stories very much. Each had humor and a strong concept of family values.
The stories are lessons as well, but these lessons do not distract from the fun aspect of the book.
For very young children, each chapter could be made into its own book.
The books are WONDERFUL!
All my best,
Ellen Fisch *

*) Ellen Fisch lives on Long Island, New York.
Ellen Fisch has a BA in Art from Brooklyn College and a MA in Art from New York University.
Ellen Fisch is a fellow artist to Asbjorn Lonvig, she teatchesis.
Ellen Fisch's general judgments are second to none.

Tour de France 2011 artworks.

2011-08-25T13:54:00.001-07:00

Introduction of 21 + 21 motifs

Today I introduce to you the motifs of the Tour de France 2011 stage 1 to 21.
And the 21 "boost"-motifs inspired by Paris.
The 21 "boost"-motifs inspired by Paris, shows the famous buildings and places in Paris.
If you during stage 21 spots famous buildings and places that the field actual did not pass.
Just take it easy.
It is not a figment of imagination on your side.
it is a figment of imagination on my side.

Stage 1 to 21 - motifs
inspired by each stage
Please click on an image below and you will be guided to my AbsoluteArt's Portfolio.
In my AbsoluteArts Portfolio you can see description, size, price, media, enlargement etc.

Stage21 "extra"-motifs
inspired by Stage 21 and by Paris
Please click on an image below and you will be guided to my
AbsoluteArt's Portfolio.
In my AbsoluteArts Portfolio you can see description, size, price, media, enlargement etc.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig, Artist
"Lille Fejringhus"
8722 Hedensted
Denmark
lonvig@mail.dk

"South African Joy" by Asbjorn Lonvig, DK - Official Licenced Product of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™

2010-06-15T11:07:00.001-07:00

"South African Joy"

2010, Inks on canvas/Archival Inks on cotton, 84 x 59,4 cm (33.1” x 23.4”), edition 210
Click on "South African Joy" below
and download a high resolution image for press coverage.

A South African Art Publisher MMX Art in Cape Town contacted me.
MMX Art alias 2010 International Fine Art is licensed to use the phrase “Official Licensed Products of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™” by FIFA.
5 artists from each of the 32 qualifying countries to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™
were selected to participate in the 2010 International Fine Art project and form the 2010 International Fine Art Collection.
After signing a contract I got the “Artistic Brief” from 2010 International Fine Art:

“The world is coming home to Africa, the cradle of humankind, the site where the story of our species started. It is – in essence – the home of all humanity.
It is also the location for the greatest sporting event in the world – the 2010 FIFA World Cup^TM – the first time in its history that the tournament has been staged in Africa.
The artwork must bring together the elements of this African heritage and fuse it with the energy and excitement of the World Cup, the heights of athletic excellence, the favor of football enthusiasts, and pride of your country’s participation in the tournament.
The original must incorporate at least an element of football in order to celebrate this extraordinary event being brought to African soil.”

The symbolism of "South African Joy" by Asbjorn Lonvig

The Acacia tree and the Baobab Tree are significant trees in South Africa.

I am looking for my inner eye giraffes eating the leaves of an Acacia tree.

The South African Savannah in the East, the bush and dessert in the West are the domicile of a lot of exotic animals such as Zebras, Flamingos, Elephants, Lions, Penguins, and Giraffes.
To me the most outstanding of them is the Giraffe.
In “South African Joy” symbolized by a giraffe skin.

The sun is important to all of us.
In most of South Africa there is subtropical climate witch has an impact on everything.
On nature as well as on people’s conduct and behavior.

From maps we know the shape of the African Continent.
From the name we can guess where South Africa is, but I did not know exact shape of South Africa on beforehand.

FIFA World Cup stadiums in South Africa are scattered around the country:
The stadiums are in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, and Pretoria.

In a very short time – when the FIFA World Cup has started - the world will recognize the shape and the colors of the Republic of South Africa's flag:
Red symbolizes the struggle for freedom.
Black and White the different peoples of South Africa.
Yellow the country's mineral wealth.
And green and blue symbolize the country’s fertility and its magnificent scenery and wildlife.

Desmond Tutu – you know, the former archbishop who is always talking and always smiling – called South Africa’s people the Rainbow Nation.
That was because of the country's wonderfully diverse, colourful, and utterly unique society.
Furthermore, South Africa’s National Motto is "Unity in Diversity".

I know about an explorer that drew in his car down through the African continent from the Strait of Gibraltar to South Africa. He told that everywhere kids were playing soccer.To accommodate all the soccer playing children the soccer field is a double field. Double Soccer is the name of the game.There are 4 goals. Two balls in different colors.I have established a Facebook group to form the exact rules. “Help making the Double Soccer rules: As a point of departure I have mentioned a few keywords to the Facebook group members: Fun, fast, exhausting, tactics, strategy, chess, exciting to look at, appealing to electronic medias”.

The imaginative kids of Africa will probably some day amuse themselves by playing double soccer. You may percept many different run patterns in “South African Joy” – run patterns of players’ movements as you will see them on the stadiums of South Africa. Zigzag, forth and back etc. Stepping up the stairs – maybe reaching fame.
Some day an African nation might win the FIFA World Cup™.

Sales - the 2010 International Fine Art Collection
The 2010 International Fine Art Collection consists of 160 motifs.
All of them are fore sale – as you might have calculated there are only 210 of each motif.
The art prints are printed on Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350gsm Fine Art paper using pigment based archival inks.
They are sold on a first come first served principle – so, HURRY UP!!!!

Please contact:
Asbjorn Lonvig, artist
Lille Fejringhus
43 Fejringhusvej
8722 Hedensted
Denmark
+45 75890477
lonvig@mail.dk

If you are a citizen in Germany or South Africa you must contact the authorized sellers in Germany or South Africa.

The 2010 International Fine Art Collection
Click on a thumbnail below and see a larger image and a description.
Till "under construction" below has been removed look at the 2010 International Fine Art Collection web site
- however, still contact: Asbjorn Lonvig.

Algeria
Noureddine Zekara
Rachid Djemai
Layachi Hamidouche
Tahar Ouamane
Hocine Ziani

Argentina
Pablo Di Masso
Juan Carlos Stekelman
Horacio Sanchez Fantino
Mirta Kupfer
Mariano Molina

Australia
Richard Birmingham
Anthony Lister
Chris Wake
Charles Billich
Aaron Kinnane

Brazil
Cybele Varela
Gustavo Rosa
Luiz Cavalli
Marcelo Ferreira
Rogério Dias

Cameroon
William Kayo
Florence Béal-Nénakwé
Hervé Momo

Denmark
Jonna Pedersen
Bjorn Eriksen
Asbjorn Lonvig
Canuto Kallan
Frodo Mikkelsen

England
Peter Phillips
James Faure Walker
Ed Gray
Belinda Eaton
Blaize Simon

France
Régis Rigaux
Yann Couedor
Jacques Ridereau
Dtone
Alexis Peskine

Germany
Tanja Maria Ernst
Patrick Lemke
Hella de Santarossa
Albert Münch
Marc C. Woehr
Mores Rabenstern

Ghana
George Hughes
Kofi Agorsor
Wiz Kudowor
Larry Otoo
Frank Asomani
Tafa

Greece
Giannis Diamandis
Eleni Economo
Vassiliki
Anastasiou
Eleni Pechlivani
Dimitrios Loumiotis

Honduras
Miguel Ruiz Matutte
Santos Arzu Quioto
Wilmer Castro Sandres
Ivan Fiallos
Maury Flores Gomez
Irazema Ríos

Italy
Giancarlo Impiglia
Guido Boletti
Lola Scarpitta
Monica Marioni
Andrea Chiesi
Anna Maria Pugliese

Japan
Kimi Sakaki
Yoko Kitagawa
Tomoko Seyama
Hiroyuki Matsuda
Tatsuya Matsushita

Mexico
Byron Galvez
Verónica Ruiz de Velasco
Pedro Friedeberg
Abraham Jiménez
Alejandro Mondria Hiber

Netherlands
Marianne Naerebout
Giovanni Dalessi
Hans van Horck
Arie van Geest
Clemens Briels

Slovakia
Michal Czinege
Igor Cvacho
Erik Sille
Mira Gáberová
Rastislav Sedlacik

South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
Sfiso ka Mkame
Zamani Makhanya
Andrew Verster
Selwyn Pekeur

Spain
Pep Guerrero
Sergio Mora
Eleazar
Oscar Seco
Luis Pérez

USA
Paul Goodnight
Marcus Antonius Jansen
James Gemmill
Robert Sturman
James Fiorentino
Burton Morris
Michael Kupka

World of Art Award winning Danish artist Asbjorn Lonvig's EXCLUSIVE selection of his phenomenal Paris motifs.

2010-04-19T10:09:00.001-07:00

World of Art Award winning Danish artist Asbjorn Lonvig's EXCLUSIVE selection of his phenomenal Paris motifs.
Asbjorn Lonvig has collected inspiration:
By strolling up and down the streets of Paris.
By drinking lots of cups of espresso at the all too welcoming Parisian cafes.
By attending all the museums.
By watching any French TV event possible - especially the Tour de France and the Le Mans.
By Googling Paris with the new street facility, which means
that you literally can walk in the streets of Paris as if you were there.
Now Asbjorn Lonvig's own words:
Recently I was working on a motif of the Old Town Clock in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Of course I would very much like to go there - that was the only option in ancient times (ancient times in internet terminology is one month ago). By using the street facility of Google I went for a walk in Halifax, around the Old Town Clock! - I got all the inspiration I needed.
By clicking on a motif my great partners in Palo Alto (Zazzle.com) will help you.
You will see a much more comprehensive description.
You will see art prints in different sizes from small (16" x 11") to large (78" x 52").
My Palo Alto friends even can print the motifs for you, print it and send it to you.
I work with several art print on demand partners but the Palo Alto people are the best.
You probably need a little more from my CV.
In 2010 the art publisher World of Art in London, UK publishes the art book "Creative GENIUS".
100 Contemporary artists are selected from all over the world.
Believe it or not, one of them is ME!!!.

Storytelling Art Event....

2008-03-24T04:14:00.001-07:00

Vejle is a City in Denmark.
Vejle has a soccer team.
This soccer team is called Vejle Boldklub.
Vejle Boldklub has had many famous soccer players over the years.
In order to pass on the great history of Vejle Boldklub to sponsors, the fan club, the crowd, the public a new initiative has been started.
This new initiative is called Vejle Boldklub Storytelling.
Each and every time the Vejle soccer team plays at home there are 2 exhibitions of 15 plates each in the 2 VIP lounges. The exihibition shows newspaper pages and pages from the club annual telling a story on a particular tema.
A brand new wonderful stadion was opened on 20. March 2008 by famous soccer player Allan Simonsen. Originally he was from Vejle, but now he lives in Barcelona, Spain, where he celebrated huge achievements with his team Barcelona FC on the renowned and huge stadium in Barcelona - Nuo Camp.
If you are a tourist in Barcelona, and you tell people in Barcelona, you are from Denmark, they spontanously say SIMONSEN.
On the opening day the tema of Vejle Boldklub Storytelling was of course Allan Simonsen.
He looked at the exhibition and he obviously enjoyed it.
You can see these exhibitions on the internet as well.
The web address is www.vejle-boldklub-storytelling.dk.
The web site uses Zmags simplified e-publishing software to present the newspaper pages and the club annual pages.

In the hall of this brand new stadium in Vejle, there is a sculpture by Asbjorn Lonvig. The sculpture is in red - it is the club color - and it symbolizes the two main sources of the storytelling. There is a newspaper bike with samples of the newpaper Vejle Amts Folkeblad and there is a sach truck with samples of the club annual.
The slogan of the storytelling is written on the sculpture:...with NO PAST - you have no future (in Danish: ...uden FORTID - ingen fremtid).
Click on the sculpture image to see a larger image.

In the hall there is a portrait of the tema soccer player as well. It is placed at the entrance on an aisle. This portrait is 91,5 x 91,5 cm, print on canvas, one of a kind and it is done by Asbjorn Lonvig. The portrait is for announcing the tema and after the Storytelling Art Event the portrait is placed in a "Wall of Fame". You can download the portrait at no charge at www.vejle-boldklub-storytelling.dk).
Click on the portrait image to see a larger image.
After the Art Event the plates are stored in the archives of the Vejle Boldklub Museum.

Vejle Boldklub Storytelling is a non-profit initiative made by the newspaper Vejle Amts Folkeblad, Vejle Boldklub, Vejle Boldklub Museum and the Vejlelibraries.

My User Portal Concept...

2006-12-11T02:03:00.000-08:00

A user portal is a portal for one specific user,
a country, a city, a municipality, a museum, a company etc.
It shows and it has links to those art works that might be relevant to that specific user.
The User Portal logo is the arch of Septimus Severus in Forum Romanum, Rome.

Why User Portals?
The short and simple answer is to serve my customers better and to seve customers that are not familiar with computers, with internet etc.

I'll show you a User Portal.
I am building the Aarhus City Portal right now.
Aarhus City is the second largest city in Denmark.
Aarhus City has 225.000 inhabitants.
So, this user portal intends to serve 225.000 users.

The first thing to do is to create motifs that describe Aarhus City.
I went to Aarhus and found buildings and landmarks of Aarhus, that I could use.
The new museum, the city hall tower, the queen's summer residence, the Theater, a house in the Old Town, the cathedral and finally the old cathedral office in St. Clemen's Courtyard.

Today I finished these motifs:

I load large files of all the images to print on demand contracting parties in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and San Francisco Bay Area. The images are approved at once in Salt Lake City and Seattle. In San Francisco the images might wait for approval.

First of all I use a User Portal logo.

The logo is of course a portal. In a matter of fact it is a very specific portal. It is the Arch of Septimus Severus, which was erected in the Roman Forum in A.D. 203 by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus.
You can't study Roman history without visiting the Roman Forum once.
You can't visit the Roman Forum without passing through the Arch of Septimus Severus.
In this logo a BETA will shown in the big arch. That is because the 40 different User Portals, that have been launched so far are being tested.
The Aarhus City Portal is marked with a BETA, too.

See the Aarhus City Portal.
The motifs are presented. Here 7 motifs. You might see an enlargement by clicking on an image.
Then there are 3 sections. 1, 2 and 3.

1. The user must have some free titbit. So I give him the possibility to download three Word documents of each motif. Word documents that can be printed on the user's own printer.
I have to be aware of different formats in European and American standards. The European standard is A format and the American standard it is Letter format. The Aarhus City Portal probably will only be used by Europeans - therefore the A format is offered.

2. Here I guide the user to order print at print on demand contracting parties. One in Salt Lake City, one in Seattle and one in San Francisco Bay area.
By guiding to 3 print on demand contracting parties the users are offered a variety of sizes, prices, qualities and surfaces.
At the same time I keep track of what happens in this market.

The prices are kept low - the user only pays the base print price and internet costs. The user can order prints in sizes from 3.5 x 5” to 40 x 60” on paper and canvas – and some other funny surfaces like T-shirts, mugs, tote bags etc. etc. The print contracting party handles ordering and payment. The printing of course and the prints are sent directly to the user.

If the user wants to see some of the my other 750 images for print there is a link to the main pages in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and San Francisco Bay Area.

3. If the user wants something special. A painting. Limited edition prints. Signed prints. A huge print on canvas larger than 40 x 60" - no problem, he just has to contact me.

A brochure is available to each User Portal.
The brochure is of course used for initial presentation of the portal.
You can download the brochure Aarhus City Portal from the portal.

Thoughts.
Now what is the most important to succeed with these User Portals.
Is it to do excellent motifs? No!
Is it to simplify the User Portal? No!
Is it to make an extremely eye catching brochure? No!

It is to communicate the User Portal Concept to people that are not familiar with computers, with internet etc.
I can not do it myself.
I know too much.
Or!!!!
You might as well say I know much too little.

But.
Journalists know how to present this kind of stuff to their readers.
This week Ny Hedensted Portal and Ny Vejle Portal will have press coverage.
Tomorrow I'll translate the Aarhus City Portal into Danish and find a jounalist at the Aarhus newspaper Aarhus Stiftstidende.

Christmas gift for you

2004-12-02T04:35:00.000-08:00

Christmas gift for you:

click here - and I'll guide you to Santa.

More FOCUS on storytelling - my way

2004-11-22T23:32:00.000-08:00

By enhancing the web pages about storytelling - my way - on www.lonvig.dk I have made more FOCUS on storytelling - my way.

The Asbjorn Lonvig Storytelling Concept.
Storytelling in general.
See stories.

Publisher of my fairy tales - Children's books

2004-10-31T03:11:00.000-08:00

I want contact to a publisher in USA, Canada, England, Australia, Germany, France, Denmark and Italy in order to discuss printing of my fairy tales. A publisher in China wants to print them in Chinese.
Lateron - as the translation has been finished in these languages - I want contact to a publisher in Spain or South America, Portugal or Brazil, Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, Greece and Russia.

Add Asbjorn Lonvig RSS and ATOM feeds

2004-08-24T02:54:00.000-07:00

RSS feeds and ATOM feeds generated by FeedForAll, blogger.com and blog.com

See http://www.lonvig.dk/xml.htm

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig

Asbjorn Lonvig. Art - design - storytelling - fairy tales.

2004-07-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

Asbjorn Lonvig. Art - design - storytelling - fairy tales.

The story about Vitus and Vitusia.

2004-07-19T23:54:00.000-07:00

See The story about Vitus and Vitusia.
Storytelling to a municipality.

The story about The Wind-Mill Ballet and the Wind-Mill Theater.

2004-07-19T23:53:00.000-07:00

See The story about The Wind-Mill Ballet and the Wind-Mill Theater.
Implements corporate values.

The story about GAS-ballet.

2004-07-19T23:51:00.000-07:00

See The story about GAS-ballet.
Storytelling about an event.

The story about Nice Mr. Jacob from Chicago.

2004-07-19T23:49:00.000-07:00

See The story about Nice Mr. Jacob from Chicago.
Storytelling about an event.

The story about different SOFUSes.

2004-07-19T23:47:00.000-07:00

See The story about different SOFUSes.
Implements corporate values.

The story about SOFUS.

2004-07-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

See The story about SOFUS.
Implements corporate values.

Sincerely
Asbjorn Lonvig, storyteller

Storytelling in general.

2004-07-17T12:46:00.000-07:00

What do you think about the storytelling concept?

See http://www.lonvig.dk/storytelling.htm

Sincerely,

Asbjorn Lonvig