The main thoughts about the project "Twelve paintings and thousand thoughts", are to inspire teachers and others working with students and children, to arrange interesting meetings with contemporary art. The concept consists of twelve paintings, each followed by suggestions to tasks and activities. Each painting has its own story written by the artist. It describes how childhood - facinations has led to adult interest for art and further developed into this particular work of art. The thousand thoughts are to be collected from the young audience. Free associations and use of the immagination will help the onlookers to experience contemporary art on a personal, and emotional level.

To make classroom work become a possible continuation of the exhibition, there is a set of overhead transparancies available, and a leaflet with the task suggestions and text. There is also a CDROM containing the twelve images in both JPEG and TIFF format available, enabling PC manipulation.

The project has successfully been used by teachers and students in several regions in Norway.