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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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Three paintings in a group exhibition in Stockholm. White Hour in the middle.
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 2:09 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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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