Poetry of Summers Past

Sanguine Impressions of a Summer

Every time I step into the studio, I try to pin something down before it slips away.

Not a scene. Not a composition. Just the feeling that was still warm when I sat down — the way the light fell through the window, the smell of wet soil after a sudden shower, the particular green of a leaf I couldn't name.

Here is a small bunch of pastel drawings. Quick mood sketches, loose and honest. They carry summer in them: sunshine and rain, plants and flowers, good conversations, brief encounters that stay longer than you expect. Soft pastels on coloured pastelmat paper 30×40cm and 30×30cm.

Kristin Holm Dybvig

Kristin Holm Dybvig. Born and based in Stavanger, Norway.Trained as an art therapist at the Tobias School of Art in England (1993–1997), I spent many years working therapeutically with children and young people. This experience profoundly deepened my sensitivity to emotional and psychological nuance, a perspective that now underpins my artistic practice.

In recent years, I have worked exclusively with soft pastels, developing a poetic, ecological approach. Through dreamlike, liminal landscapes, I explore themes of memory, longing, and our quiet relationship with the natural world. My work moves beyond linear time; fluid landscapes and ancient natural forms connect brief human presence to a wider temporal continuum. The rhythms of nature carry traces of memory, inviting the viewer into a contemplative universe where stillness and balance allow the human perspective to rest within a larger, enduring ecological flow.

https://kristinholmdybvig.com
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