Svard i Fjell

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Another stunner - love the colour blocking

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 18 May 13:00:29

Thanks so much Heather , your positive comments always make me smile :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 18 May 13:01:51

The bleakness of winter comes through clearly.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Tue 18 May 16:00:27

A very interesting history to read about and follow....what a race! Another fabulous painting!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 18 May 16:54:19

Thank you Sunil, thank you Fiona, modern Norwegians are much more chilled out than the Vikings... I hope ;)

Posted by John O’Neill on Wed 19 May 07:27:34

A very striking painting, as much for the palette as the subject.

Posted by Chrissie Havers on Wed 19 May 18:52:03

Hang on Studio Wall

18/05/2021

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Centuries ago, where this huge monument of three giant swords now stands there took place a huge and bloody battle, fought with axes and swords by the vikings of Norway. Nothing good ever comes from war but perhaps the uniting of the Vikings into the nation of Norway can be a positive thing. This painting is one of a series of six oil paintings measuring 70 x 50 cm and show freshly fallen snow and frozen sea shore at Svard i Fjell near Stavanger, south west Norway.

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John O’Neill

Born in Belfast in 1966 and a lifelong painter. A resident of Stavanger Norway between 2018 and 2021 with a UK base near Reading England and in Aberdeen, Scotland. Most recent work is Scottish landscape, urban scenes and contemporary Norwegian landscape, often working in oils or gouache, line &…

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