statue

Painting: Building a home

"Building a home"
is a mixed media work on plate, 54x65 cm. The background is made using water colour that has been worked with so long that it has become 'etched' into the plate. The environment, the house, the tops of the trees and the people in the painting are created with oilcrayons and oil, which makes the painting into a 'living' material. It has a wood frame glued onto the back, 2.1 cm deep, making the depth 2.5cm with the plate. The sides of the frame are painted white. You can find the artwork for sale at Saatchi Online Gallery. www.saatchionline.com/siriskogstadberntsen

Allergic reaction

"Allergic reaction"
is created using acrylic paint on a canvas.

Seeds

Title: Seeds 

Format: 100x100x4cm

Production year: 2015

Technique; acrylic painting on canvas

Comment: This artwork is made with acrylic painting on canvas. I have also used charcoal in the creation. The landscape is covered with snow. There are two people standing in the middle of it, one could perhaps understand them as unnatural or not really belonging in this snow-covered surroundings. In a way they are like wonders, like the surreal presence of humans in the far north when all the land is covered with snow. For me this is a typical landscape from my own childhood, growing up in the far north of Norway.

The artwork will be put up for sale at Saatchi Online Gallery. www.saatchionline.com/siriskogstadberntsen

painting: young couple

"Young couple"
 is an acrylic painting on a 5.3 cm deep canvas. The format is 53.3x80 cm. I will put it up for sale at Saatchi Online Gallery. www.saatchionline.com/siriskogstadberntsen

Painting: Lost spaces

"Lost spaces"
is an acrylic painting on plate. The face has been worked with over a long period, removing layers of paint, building again, also using a knife for linework, creating a rough texture for the close appearance. The visible text elements in the background (I awoke to an ordinary morning) and (we are not alone) are made with a knife, finding its way down to the deep layers of the paint. There is more text in the background, visible as rough texture in a close appearance, also made with a knife. The photo of the painting is not as sharp as it should have been, the original has a little more edge and contrast. A wooden frame is glued on to the backside of the plate (app. 2 cm deep). The sides of the frame are painted in the same colour palette as the background. It can be put up like this but it would probably benefit on a nice frame. It will be put up for sale at Saatchi Online Gallery. www.saatchionline.com/siriskogstadberntsen

The winter is coming

"The winter is coming"

A photo of Tromsdalstinden, a mountain outside Tromsø, northern Norway is used as base. I have tried to make simplistic forms or visions out of the photo, wanting to emphasize the experience of nature in this region, the darkness that surrounds everything and the winter settling quietly over the landscape, sometimes mildly, gently, like comfort. The method/tecnique is DGA: Digital art

I have made several variations. The images can be printed as Giclées or on materials like canvas, 

wood, pvc, metal etc.

"The winter has come"

Green variation.

"Late night out"

"Soon it will be clear"