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Visual artist | Øyvind Pedersen

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About the Artist

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting the mountains of Rotsund in Nordreisa as a monumental silhouette under the late summer midnight sun in Troms. The artwork explores the silence of the northern Norwegian coast, where the warmth of the red horizon meets the deep shadows of the sea in a minimalist exploration of nature's own scale.

Acrylic painting by Arctic visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting the mountain range 'The Sleeping Queen' in Håkvikdalen, Narvik—a guardian of the family cabin and the setting for childhood memories of trout fishing and silence. A solitary orange dot in the shadow of Lilletind symbolises human transience and profound solitude when faced with the eternal and monumental scale of the Arctic wilderness. The artwork explores the deep, enduring connection between a human life and the watchful presence of nature.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting the mountain Sagtinden in Alta during spring. Here, the natural grain of the plywood is sanded and exposed to bring life and texture to the massive, snow-covered peak. The artwork explores the inherent harmony between raw, industrial material and natural form, captured in a clean, minimalist composition of blue, white, and green color fields.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, capturing the essence of a late summer midnight sun over the Sami cultural landscape between Suolovuopmi and Máze in Kautokeino. The artwork is a vivid representation of the endless Arctic summer night, depicting a winding river surrounded by characteristic birch forest.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting the western slope of Skoađđovárri as seen from the frozen surface of Storvannet in midwinter. The artwork captures a memory from the dogsledding trail, where the natural darkness of the polar night meets the artificial glare of light pollution in Alta—a silent observation of the intersection between untouched wilderness and human expansion.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, representing the essence of Eibydalen in Alta, Finnmark. The artwork captures the Arctic autumn with a blue river winding between deep green pine forest and vibrant yellow sections symbolizing the changing colors of the aspen trees.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting a passage through the Maridalen wetland area on Veggfjellet in Narvik. The artwork tells the story of a demanding canoe trip where the boat had to be hauled across the marsh, featuring a vast horizon lined with mountain birch.

Acrylic painting by Arctic visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting a solitary red barn as a human outpost on the border between Kautokeino and Enontekiö. The artwork explores the deep solitude and silence of the vast Sámi landscape in the borderlands between Northern Norway and Finland. One of his more socially critical works.

Acrylic painting by visual artist Øyvind Pedersen, depicting the mountains of Skibotn and Lyngen as a monumental silhouette under the late-summer midnight sun in Troms. The artwork explores the stillness of the North Norwegian coast, where the warmth of the red horizon meets the deep shadows of the sea in a minimalist examination of nature's own scale.

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