About artbybak

Original colorful wall art designed to bring vibrant Nordic landscapes and modern abstract color into your home

Discover unique colorful wall art inspired by Nordic landscapes, nature, and light. Each original acrylic painting on canvas or masonite combines abstract expression with the shapes and moods of Danish and Nordic landscapes.

Jimmy Bak

My work explores light and color through a foundation in physics and chemistry, particularly spectroscopy. A formative visit to the ochre quarries of Provence revealed a natural chromatic harmony that echoed the spectral relationships I had studied scientifically. The same color scenaries can be found on various sites in Denmark, among other places the clifs at the coast lines at the eastern parts of Zealand

This experience is the basic of my paintings, where the warm intensity of southern pigments meets the subdued tones and diffused light of Danish landscapes. Through abstraction, these environments enter into dialogue, balancing restraint and warmth.

Alongside this, I incorporate intuitive motifs such as masks and animal forms, exploring shape and color more freely.

Painting becomes an extension of scientific inquiry—another way of investigating light, matter, and perception.

Mit arbejde handler i bund og grund om lys og farver, og det kommer fra min baggrund i fysik og kemi – især spektroskopi. Et vigtigt øjeblik for mig var, da jeg besøgte de okkerfarvede stenbrud i Provence, hvor jeg oplevede en helt naturlig farveharmoni, som mindede mig om de spektrale sammenhænge, jeg havde studeret i videnskaben. Man kan finde lignende farvelandskaber i Danmark også, fx langs klinterne på østkysten af Sjælland og klitlandskaberne langs de danske kyster.

Den oplevelse er ligesom fundamentet for mine malerier. Jeg kombinerer de varme, intense farver fra syd med de blødere toner og det mere diffuse lys fra de danske landskaber. Gennem abstraktion får de her forskellige miljøer på en måde lov til at “snakke sammen” og skabe en balance mellem ro og varme.

Samtidig arbejder jeg også med mere intuitive motiver som masker og dyreformer, hvor jeg kan lege mere frit med form og farve.

For mig er maleri en forlængelse af min videnskabelige nysgerrighed – bare en anden måde at udforske lys, materiale og den måde, vi oplever verden på.

My scientific background: CV Jimmy Bak, M.Sc.

Bio Jimmy Bak, M.Sc.

Spectroscopy and Photonics Researcher

Professional Summary

Senior scientist with more than 25 years of research experience at Riso National Laboratory and

the Technical University of Denmark. Research focus includes Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR)

spectroscopy, Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, optical instrumentation development, chemometric modeling, and translational photonics research. Inventor on multiple international patents covering ultraviolet disinfection systems for medical device lumens.