behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine,
on February 1, 2019, painted February 2, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light
fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade
proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough
100% cotton extra white watercolor paper,
framed, $300
English:
These sheep were my neighbors during my five-week solo stay on these isles in Breiðafjörður. Stykkishólmur is in the distance. My reference photo was taken on June 14, 2005, painted March 27, 2022, 17"x 13" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and waterproof fade-proof ink on 300 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $1,200 USD
For sale at the forthcoming watercolor show with Óskar Thorarensen and Bruce McMillan, Reykjavík og Víðar / Reykjavik and Beyond, May 28 - June 22, 2022, Ófeigur, Skólavörðustígur 5, Reykjavík. After that Bruce McMillan's watercolors online here if still available.
Íslenskur:
Þessar kindur voru nágrannar mínir á fimm vikna sólódvöl minni á þessum eyjum á Breiðafirði. Stykkishólmur er í fjarska. Viðmiðunarmyndin mín var tekin 14. júní 2005, máluð 27. mars 2022, 17 "x 13" (b x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam og Winsor & Newton vatnslitir og vatnsheldur blek, 300 lbs. Fabriano Artistico kaldpressaður grófur 100% bómull extra hvítur vatnslitapappír, innrammaður, 160,000 ISK
during my five-week solo stay on these isles in
Breiðafjörður, Stykkishólmur in the distance,
on June 14, 2005, painted March 27, 2022,
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke
Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors,
selected for light fastness and permanence, and
waterproof fade-proof ink on 144 lb. Fabriano
Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra
white watercolor paper, $150.
English:
Based on photos I took in Skagafjörður for my children's book, Gletta the Foal (US, Marshall Cavendish, 1998) in the north of Iceland, in 1996, painted in April 2022. 17" x 13" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 300 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $900 USD.
For sale at the forthcoming watercolor show with Óskar Thorarensen and Bruce McMillan, Reykjavík og Víðar / Reykjavik and Beyond, May 28 - June 22, 2022, Ófeigur, Skólavörðustígur 5, Reykjavík. After that Bruce McMillan's watercolors online here if still available.
Íslenskur:
Byggt
á myndum sem ég tók í Skagafirði fyrir barnabókina mína, Gletta the
Foal (USA, Marshall Cavendish, 1998) í norðri, árið 1996, málað í apríl
2022. 17 "x 13" (b x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, og Winsor
& Newton vatnslitir og Uniball vatnsheldur blek. 300 pund. Fabriano
Artistico kaldpressaður grófur 100% bómull extra hvítur vatnslitapappír,
innrammaður, 120,000 ISK.
English:
Fljótsdalur is a valley in east Iceland with Lake Lagarfljót to the east of Snæfell, the highest freestanding mountain in Iceland. I snapped a reference photo on July 8, 2005, and painted the scene in March 2022. 17" x 13" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed. $900 USD
Íslenskur:
Fljótsdalur
er dalur á Austurlandi með Lagarfljóti austan Snæfells, hæsta
frístandandi fjalls landsins. Ég tók tilvísunarmynd 8. júlí 2005 og
málaði þessa mynd í mars 2022. 17 "x 13" (b x h), Daniel Smith,
Schmincke Horadam og Winsor & Newton vatnslitamyndir og Uniball
vatnsheldur blek með bleki, 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico kaldpressaður
grófur 100% bómull extra hvítur vatnslitapappír, innrammaður. 120,000
ISK
For sale at the forthcoming watercolor show with Óskar Thorarensen and Bruce McMillan, Reykjavík og Víðar / Reykjavik and Beyond, May 28 - June 22, 2022, Ófeigur, Skólavörðustígur 5, Reykjavík. After that Bruce McMillan's watercolors online here if still available.
Icelandic Art of Snæfell
In East Iceland
(Snæfell is not to be confused with
Snæfellsjökul in west Iceland)
All of these paintings of east Iceland's Snæfell, the tallest freestanding mountain in Iceland, show the view looking east. All, except #1 and #7, were on exhibit at Skriðuklaustur, the museum residence of Gunnar Gunnarsson to the east of Snæfell, in 2005, where I spent a month-long writer's residency. Skriðuklaustur is close by to the east of Snæfell.
Víðir Mýrmann studied here in Iceland and also in Norway. His art has been in many group and solo exhibitions starting in 2000. On Facebook HERE. More about the artist HERE.
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval is by many considered one of the most (if not the most) important artists of Iceland. Kjarval was a prolific painter, leaving thousands of drawings and paintings after a long life. His paintings vary in style, often mixing different styles into his own personal style. Thus, it's an oversimplification to classify him has a landscape painter. In 1958, he was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal by the King of Sweden. The distinctive Reykjavik museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, houses many of his paintings.
Minjasafn Austurlands / Museum of East Iceland
Education:
1923-1924, Simonson-Castelli Private School, Germany
1909-1912, Studied with Stefán Eiríksson, Iceland
Solo shows:
1986, Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland
Overview show:
1976, Árnesingar Art Museum, Iceland
1975, Kjarvalsstaðir, Iceland
Eyjólfur J. Eyfells' son, Johann Eyfells (1923-2019) was an Icelandic artist who lived and worked in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Hrafnhildur Inga Sigurðardóttir was born on in 1946 on the south coast, Fljótshlíð, and grew up there. She lives in Reykjavík and in Fljótshlíð by the bank of Þverá. She studied art at the Reykjavík Academy of Fine Arts in 1978 and 1979, the Icelandic School of Fine Arts and Crafts (now the Iceland Academy of the Arts), 1980-1984 and graduated in graphic design. She studied in oil painting at the Kópavogur Art School 1999-2000. She's a member of SÍM, the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists.
Kristín Þorkelsdóttir, born in Reykjavik, graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts in 1956. She went on to a successful career as a graphic designer, from butter to bank notes, forming a noted advertising agency.
Guðmundur Einarsson, known as Guðmundur frá (from) Miðdal, worked in a variety of media, painting, sculpture, graphics, ceramics, photography, and film. He studied art in Iceland, beginning in 1911 before studying art in Copenhagen, 1919-20, and Munich, 1920-25. He is the father of the Icelandic artist Erro.
Ólöf Svava Guðmundsdóttir was born and raised in Reykjavík. She's been a preschool and art teacher for many years. Ólöf has also taught watercolor painting at the Kópavogur Art School. Solo exhibitions 2020: Hannesarholt. 2019: Eldheimar Vestmannaeyjar. 2015: Hannesarholt. Joint exhibitions 2020: Mosfellsbær Art Gallery, Vatnslitafélag Íslands (Icelandic Watercolor Society). 2020: Skúmaskot. 2020: Nordic Watercolor Society and The Royal Watercolor Society of Wales, held in Wales (Gaer Museum). A photo of her painting and her art can be see HERE. Her Facebook page is HERE.
Finnur Jónsson's first exhibition was in 1926 at an international exhibition of modern Art by the Société Anonyme at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY in 1926. His most recent exhibition was in 2018, No Man's Land - Where Beauty Alone Reigns? at the Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik. Other notable shows were at Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA. Finnur Jónsson's art is in at least two museum collections, the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik and the Kópavogur Art Museum - Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur, Iceland.
