Between Tides I - At Dawn
Available at the “Falling Water” exhibition at VIK, Eidfjord.
Soft pastels on 300g cold pressed cotton paper
Size: 56 x 76cm.
Completed 2026
Gentle clouds traverse the sky with a quiet, lyrical motion. The horizon becomes a point of fascination, pulling the gaze forward and awakening a longing for the unseen — for all that lies just beyond the limit of sight.
I’m moulding the shapes, sculpting with my fingers and leaving enough pigments behind to build shapes and suggest movements as I move over the paper.
Recreating a landscape on paper is much like telling a story through cliffs and mountains and the different faces of water. The tale of majestic mountains and friendly slopes are told by dry pigments rubbed into cotton paper until the whole surface is filled with colourful pigments that‘s creating images of recognisable shapes and places remembered. But its more than that, its a tale of life itself; It’s a soulscape and a reflection on human emotions.
I like to revisit a specific place in my mind, translating the atmosphere it into a lyrical landscape with the use of colour. The abstraction allows me to incorporate the whole experience; incorporating the scent of warm earth, the sound of running water and whispers of wind. The landscape is dissolved and translated it into a colour mood and in this matter given a closeness to the soul.
This artwork is made with soft pastels and has a fine layer of fixative as finishing coat. It has a delicate surface and needs the protection of glass. It ships flat in a box. It’s available frokm my studio.