Author: Ragnhild Hald

The inspiration for these paintings are the tales about the Norns in old Norse mythology.

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The Norns are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men. They are called Urd, Verdande and Skuld, and they weave the threads of the destiny (or fate) of each individual at birth.

They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans’ destiny, such as the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology. In Greek mythology, they’re collectively known as the Moirai, and their names are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Clotho (whose name means spinner) spins the thread of each person’s life, Lachesis (the allotter) measures the thread, and then Atropos (the inevitable) cuts the thread.

The Swiss alps must be among the most beautiful places in the world. Here are some paintings from 2019-20 of mountains in the valleys of Landwasser (Davos) and Engadin (St. Moritz) in the Graubünden area.

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Diavolezza II. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 200 cm.

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Rinerhorn. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120 cm. / Diavolezza I. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

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Details of Rinerhorn.

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Büelenhorn. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm. / Tinzenhorn. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

Painting abstracts are a lot of fun and even more frustration. The love of colour and form should be enough, but never is, and when is the picture finished?

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Energy IV. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.

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Winter landscape. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 80 cm. / Summer skies. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 cm.

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Wild is the wind. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm. / Detail of Winter landscape.

I do not yet have one preferred motif or painting style. Instead, I try to practice as much as I can to gain more knowledge of the possibilities of expressing myself. Here are a collection of different studies:

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Nude study. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm.

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Cloud study. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

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Still life with apples. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm.

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Snowy river. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm.

Portraits of some of our four-legged family members.

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English Setter “Aika”, 60 x 50 cm. / Long Haired German Shepherd “Milla”, 50 x 60 cm. Acrylic on canvas.

4 steps of lobster-painting using pencil, watercolours and powdered Korean ink.

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Lobster. Pencil, watercolour and powdered ink, 50 x 70 cm.

The dark blue colour of late August nights in Norway has always fascinated me.

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Ocean blues. Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120 cm. / Blue jellyfish. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120 cm.

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August nights III. Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm.

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Ocean blues. / Blue jellyfish. / Chanel no.5. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm.

For some reason I seem to draw (and paint) birds. Here is a small collection:

Sparrow II. Watercolour and ink, 25 x 35 cm. / Puddleduck. Watercolour and ink, 25 x 35 cm.

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Great tit. Watercolour and ink, 25 x 35 cm. / Duck in flight. Watercolour and pencil, 20 x 25 cm.

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A sparrow and a raven. Watercolour and ink, 25 x 35 cm.

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Seagull. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm. / Winter bird. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm.