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David Sandum
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Swedish artist in Norway • Color/human emotions/nature/symbolism • Author • Photography • Mental health • Founder of the art charity fundraiser @paeartforacause.bsky.social • No politics acct.

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New worked signed this week.

*Available for sale. DM if interested.

Title: ’By the Stream.’
Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils and wet oil pastel sticks on black 360 g watercolor paper.
Size: A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inch).
Year: 2025

#pastelpencils #expressionism #mixedmedia #art #artist #blueskyart
Artwork by Norwegian artist David Sandum. New worked signed this week. *Available for sale. Title: ’By the Stream.’ Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils and wet oil pastel sticks on black 360 g watercolor paper. Size: A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inch). Year: 2025
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Dear artists, nice to meet you! Please go follow @paeartforacause.bsky.social and join me for the 2026 postcard art exhibit!
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I'm honored to be working behind the scenes with @tessawm-artist.bsky.social and @davidsandum.bsky.social on this Exhibition. Hope you will join me in participating!
paeartforacause.bsky.social POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT - Art for a Cause @paeartforacause.bsky.social · 1d
180 artists in just 3 days! Thank you for helping us paint hope and connection through Postcard Art Exhibit 2026: Netherlands - supporting people & families affected by Alzheimer’s. Let’s keep growing this movement one postcard at a time. Register for our call for artists: www.postcardartexhibit.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Postcard Art Exhibit 2026 Call for Artists is NOW OPEN! Now, we paint with purpose — raising awareness & support for those affected by Alzheimer’s. Submit your art, share your heart, and help us build global awareness with creativity & compassion. www.postcardartexhibit.com #postcardartexhibit26
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Photo taken this afternoon during my walk.

#photography #norway #trees #nature
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Tchaikovsky on depression and finding beauty amid the wreckage of the soul www.themarginalian.org/2015/11/19/t...
Tchaikovsky on Depression and Finding Beauty Amid the Wreckage of the Soul
“Life is beautiful in spite of everything! … There are many thorns, but the roses are there too.”
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November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Hear hear! If you’re a professional or amateur #artist, please register through our website after Nov 6th, to create & send an original postcard sized artwork (postcard size) that will be exhibited & sold for #charity. This PAE will be held in The Netherlands for people affected by Alzheimer’s 👇
paeartforacause.bsky.social POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT - Art for a Cause @paeartforacause.bsky.social · 15d
We’ve missed you. Our creative family is coming together again soon — artists, dreamers, and kind hearts from around the world. Let’s make this year’s exhibit one of love, remembrance, and renewal. Watch here for more news! #postcardartexhibit26
An image out of a notebook page with the writing "We begin #postcardartexhibit26, Nov 6, 2025" and "We've missed you #postcardartfamily."
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Started this today with oil pencils and wet oil pastel sticks.

#art #artists #blueskyart
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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New work signed tonight at my studio.

Title: ’By the Ocean Front’
Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils/oil pastel sticks, on 350 mg black watercolor paper.
Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch)
Year: 2025

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Artwork by Norwegian artist David Sandum. New work signed tonight at my studio. Title: ’By the Ocean Front’ Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils/oil pastel sticks, on 350 mg black watercolor paper. Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch) Year: 2025 Artist explanation: This piece took me months to complete in various stages. Very large for its kind, I constantly needed to remain focused and contemplate the big picture. Mostly drawing with pastel pencils etc., it is easy to get blinded by small details that you cannot see from a distance, or add colors that stand out too much from afar. Much time was spent observing it on my easel from my chair. The motif surprised me. Always starting with a blank space without sketch, I soon realized that the mid-section brought out scenery from my many trips to Northern California. Yet the sky felt very much like Scandinavia where I live. My work always becomes a blend of my experiences and feelings. What comes out, comes out. I have made paintings where the buildings look like New York City, a bridge taken from Prague, the sky is Norwegian, and the trees resemble the ones I’ve seen in Barcelona! This piece has a strong blend of Northern California and Norway to me. The thematics of the piece with the man and woman on each side, is very «Munch-esk.» The beauty and drama of nature. The distance and silence between the man and woman—the longing, yet the complexity.
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The 2nd work made during my recent trip to Northern California.

Title: ’By the Fence’
Medium: Pastel and watercolor pencils on black 360 g watercolor paper.
Size: A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inch).
Year: 2025

#art #expressionism #artist #drawing
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Kiss 1897
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Kiss
October 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Night walk by the fjord.

#norway #photography
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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New work made during my California trip.

Title: ’Carole with dogs under the pear tree.’
Medium: Pastel and watercolor pencils on black 360 g watercolor paper.
Size: A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inch).
Year: 2025
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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“Golden Gate”. Charles Sheeler. 1955.
Image: Metmuseum.
September 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Staying the night in Sutter Creek, California. Such lovely light at sundown.

#photography #california #nature
September 22, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Am in Northern California now on an art trip. Photos taken from Angels Camp.

#photography #california
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Moonlight by the Sea.' (1907) Harald Sohlberg worked with a simplified palette, frequently white, blue, red or green, which helped capture something of the Nordic light. He insisted each painting have one ‘dominant’ colour, which he would exaggerate with emotive effect.1
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Photos from my 9k walk/hike around Jeløy with my two sons.

#norway #norge #photography #landscapethopography #inspiration #nature
September 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Have a #painting, if you will. "Right Turn, Limerick" came out of a day cycling from Limerick city into Tipperary. In the village of Cappamore I was quite taken by the signs for a right turn back towards Limerick city, but then I'm always quite taken by signs. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear #UrbanGaze
Landscape format in acrylics on canvas. Hard edge colours of blue, maroon, green and white, with highlights of blazing orange, depicting a view down a slightly curving street with 2-story white pub on left. Pile of kegs outside and pub signs protrude out. Other buildings suggested on the same side beyond, before the street bends left behind itself. Roofs are slate rendered in blue and maroon. Street surface is mid-blue with maroon sections. A pole on the left side of the street, half way down it, is effectively in the centre of the painting. On it is a street lamp a several overhead wires which arc to near buildings and across the street. A couple of cars are parked on both sides with a couple of vehicles driving away on the left side. Small single-storey building at end on the right side before 2 large dark green trees, behind which is grey-green hill under a pale blue sky. Left foreground has diamond street sign of black on yellow showing junction ahead has a right turn option and together with another diamond shaped sign further down the street stands out as the only use of yellow in the painting. Bottom right corner is bold orange, picking up small marks of orange elsewhere, and is where it is signed Liam Daly
July 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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New work.

Title: ‘Split River’
Medium: Watercolor and pastel pencils on black watercolor paper.
Size: A3 (8.3 x 11.7 inch).
Year: 2025

#art #artist #expressionism #blueskyart #color
August 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Went for a walk with a friend at Larkollen this evening. It is a beautiful area.

#norway #photography
August 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Hard to live by, but so very true.
August 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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To expand on my previous post/photo:

Whenever I see the sun reflection in a straight line, I think of Edvard Munch (see photos 2-4). It’s special to consider that he walked and painted on these shores. If in Oslo, make certain to visit the new Munch Museum.

#art #arthistory #expressionism #norway
August 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Photo taken tonight close to home from a vantage point at Jeløy, Norway.

#photography #norway #oslofjord
August 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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My 4th large scale work on black paper.

Title: ’Alone by the Sea’ (series)
Medium: Mixed media: Pastel/watercolor pencils on 300 mg black watercolor paper.
Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch)
Year: 2025

#art #pasteldrawing #mentalhealthart #meditation #expressionism #blueskyart #scandinavianart
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM