Untitled Arnor Bieltvedt
Oil and Mixed Media on Linen 40" x 30" $3000 My work displays a radical and free use of color, as well as experimentation with composition, scale, and the structure of the painting. Anticipating an interaction of color while moving the paint around, I apply the paint directly to the canvas rather than a palette, saturated, with a focus on one color or two. To understand light and space, I first challenge myself to paint only in black and white. For me, color becomes the anchor, creating equilibrium and interaction. Like in the unspoiled yet surreal Nordic landscape of Iceland, a country of water and many different shades of blue, I know that the colors in nature, combined with natural light, cannot be truly replicated, so I paint their opposite. I imagine color in the middle of the eye’s retina and seek the unspoiled nature of color to represent a pure expression of humanity and life.
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