Why Vastness Holds Power
The first morning in the north of Iceland felt like stepping into a different rhythm, a rhythm that would eventually shape a new series. The sky was dusky blue, silent and sharp at the same time. Everything was vast. Everything breathed emptiness, but not the kind we fear. This was space.The vast landscape had an immediate and powerful impact on me.
As the cutting wind whipped around our ears, we pulled our jackets tighter. I walked there, along lava fields, and suddenly felt it: in the magnitude of this place, nothing needed to be explained or captured. Everything could simply arise.
Symbolism and Seeing
The Icelandic emptiness taught me to look again.
Not to seek meaning, but to let meaning find me.
What stood out to me were the seemingly small houses. They did not affect me physically like the cutting wind did, but I immediately felt drawn to them, with a sense of awe. That is where I found meaning.
The fact that these houses have withstood the wild forces of nature for centuries speaks of a certain strength. And that strength is not about brick or slate. That is what I began to explore. A sense of steadiness within the dynamics of something much larger, equally powerful. Because there was a clear balance.
ICELANDIC HOUSE EVENING
In Icelandic House Evening, the house appears small within the surrounding landscape. I worked on paper, with ink, charcoal and metalics, building the image through different layers and materials.
The beginning of Icelandic houses
That experience became the starting point for my Icelandic Houses art series. The small houses kept returning in my work, set against landscapes that seemed almost too large for them.
A dynamic Process in silence
I remember working in silence, sometimes for hours,
accompanied only by our dogs around us and the dynamic rhythm of my hands with the material. These works carry something of what I brought back with me from Iceland.
Red Home — A House Holding Its Ground
A house standing against wind and time.
In Red Home, I explore resilience through color, gesture and surface.
Part of my Icelandic Houses series, where small structures hold a strong presence within vast landscapes. Built in layered paint, the image shifts between fragility and strength.
