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Mikael Rydh
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Making paintings at www.mikaelrydh.se and playing the viola at www.operan.se/en. 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇺🇦 Stand with Ukraine!
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High Noon, oil on cardboard, 39x26 cm (15x10 in), 2025
#OilPainting #ContemporaryArt #LightAndShadow #Stillness #GoldenHour #mikaelrydh #contemporarypainting
Bare feet rest on a golden-toned background, the light at its peak, casting sharp shadows.
March 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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White Hour, oil on wood, 30×33.5 cm (11.8×13.2 inches), 2018.

An attempt to capture a meditative state. The interplay of grisaille with an earthy undertone, subtly emerging in the hair and contours, was a point of interest for me.

#whitehour #oil #grisaille #contemporarypainting #mikaelrydh #art
White Hour, oil on wood, 30×33.5 cm (11.8×13.2 inches), 2018. An attempt to capture a meditative state. The interplay of grisaille with an earthy undertone, subtly emerging in the hair and contours, was a point of interest for me. White Hour, oil on wood, 30×33.5 cm (11.8×13.2 inches), 2018. An attempt to capture a meditative state. The interplay of grisaille with an earthy undertone, subtly emerging in the hair and contours, was a point of interest for me.
March 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Close II, pastel on paper, 14 x 15 cm, 2011.

A pastel painting where I have highlighted and reinterpreted a small detail from a Goya painting.

#art #arte #kunst #contemporaryart #pastelart #contemporarypainting #shadows #mikaelrydh #pastel #nose #mouth #closeup
Close II, pastel on paper, 14 x 15 cm, 2011. A pastel painting where I have highlighted and reinterpreted a small detail from a Goya painting.
March 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Outside Skolegata 5 in Tromsø, around the year 1947, you stood there, Grandma. What many fear now, you had just lived through.
You told stories about how you threw food to the prisoners in the concentration camp..
March 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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From the process of creating the painting #greenmoment, from #drawing, followed by a #cypriotumber bg, a cloth to ”sculpt” through a #wipe-out, and a #grisaille layer on top. #artprocess #oilpainting #contemporaryart #grisaille #paintingtechniques #creativeprocess #artworkinprogress #mikaelrydh
Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top. Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top. Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top. Snapshots of the painting process for "Green Moment." The stages include a sketch, a background tone in Cypriot umber, a wipe-out technique with a cloth to sculpt the face, followed by a grisaille layer on top.
March 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Green Moment, oil on gessoed cardboard mounted on wood, 57 x 68 cm, 2018. This piece was exhibited in Mariehamn, Åland.
#greenmoment #contemporarypainting #art #oilpainting #blueskyart #cypriotumber #monochromaticart #visualart #contemporaryart #artgallery #mikaelrydh #grisaille
Painting of a boy in profile with a page haircut, rendered in shades of gray and raw umber against a deep green background in cypriot umber. Oil on gessoed cardboard mounted on wood, 57 x 68 cm.
March 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Several years ago, I painted this oil piece on wood, with the model being a substitute colleague from the viola section of my orchestra (Kungliga Hovkapellet).

#oilpainting #art #painting #ultramarineblue #contemporarypainting #bluehues #figurativeart #mikaelrydh
An oil painting on wood of a female head seen from a lower angle, with a hazy ultramarine glaze over the portrait.
February 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Two paintings I made a few years ago, Hide and Seek and Marion with an Earring, portray my beloved wife and my cherished bonus daughters. The twins are soon eight now!

#contemporaryart #oilpainting #bonusbarn #bonusdaughters #twins #mikaelrydh #shadows #braids #love #artworks #hair
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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The paintings The Evening Light, Awakened by the Rain, and Hide and Seek are available as limited-edition, high-quality prints on 300 gsm Hahnemühle paper, made from 100% cotton.

Sizes: 29×33 cm (11.4×13 in) and 36×31 cm (14.2×12.2 in).

#limitededition #prints #contemporarypainting #mikaelrydh
The paintings The Evening Light, Awakened by the Rain, and Hide and Seek are available as limited-edition, high-quality prints on 300 gsm Hahnemühle paper, made from 100% cotton.
February 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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The Evening Light
(Kvällsljuset), oil on wood, 30 x 33,5 cm, 2018

”I am awake and you are only dreaming”

#artworks #kunst #art #målning #arte #contemporaryart #awake #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #exhibition #youngman #hair #dreaming #night #painting #paintanyway #shadows #head #mikaelrydh
The Evening Light (Kvällsljuset) oil on wood, 30x33,5 cm, 2018 ”I am awake and you are only dreaming”
February 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Awakened by the Rain
oil on wood, 30 x 33,5 cm, 2018

#artworks #kunst #art #arte #måleri #contemporaryart #exhibition #artexhibition #artgallery #blues #contemporarypainting #painting #oilpainting #woman #night #noturningback #back #head #neck #oilonwood #hair #mikaelrydh
Awakened by the Rain oil on wood, 30 x 33,5 cm, 2018
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Hide and seek, Oil on wood, 40 x 35 cm, 2021.

#Art #Artist #ContemporaryArt #Painting #contemporarypainting #FigurativeArt #ArtInspiration #mikaelrydh #indenticaltwins #swedishartist #ArtistsOnBluesky #ArtCommunity #ArtShare #SupportArtists
A contemporary oil painting depicting identical twins hiding against a wall, dressed in white nightgowns. Their hair is braided, and the scene is rendered in a nearly monochrome palette.
February 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Branches (Grenverk), oil on gesso-primed cardboard, 29.5×29.5 cm, 2025.

#OilPainting #ContemporaryArt #FigurativeArt #ArtInspiration #mikaelrydh #contemporarypainting #neck #woman #branches #grenverk #swedishartist
A contemporary oil painting depicting the upper back, neck, and head of a woman seen from behind. Over her back, a contrasting neon-colored pattern forms a tree-like structure, resembling either blood vessels or branches.
February 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM