Viking Sun Art Collection

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2 ULF NILSEN 1950 X NORWAY X OIL ON CANVAS Ulf Nilsen is a recognized Norwegian painter, educated at the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo. He has exhibited in several of the most important art institutions in Norway, and is represented in both private and public collections. Nilsen’s paintings are composed of different stories, deconstructed and reassembled. They are fragments of dreams, incoherent, abstract and real at the same time. He is concerned about the lack of coherence and seeks to create a fragmented reality where the arbitrary and the deliberate exist side by side. Still, Nilsen wants to give us keys to understand his imagery; abstract signs, pictures from media, figurative scenes and recognizable everyday objects—like a wheelbarrow or a clock, a chair, trees and flowers—all comprise his visual iconography. AFTERGLOW 1 | 2017 40

THE RESTAURANT | DECK 2 INGEBORG STANA 1968 X NORWAY X OIL ON CANVAS In her artistic work, Ingeborg Stana seeks to interpret the nature that surrounds her. She is known for her grand paintings of sky and cloud studies, and with these images, she explores both philosophical and environmental questions: What is moving and what is permanent? Where does the heaven end, and where does the horizon begin? Stana sees natural beauty as something unparalleled. This becomes evident in her quiet, pristine landscapes, where clouds and the atmosphere collide. Some have argued that her paintings deal with melancholy; others have argued that they talk about death. Stana herself hopes that people will see what they seek in her heavens, something more than just beauty. CLOUDSCAPE VI | 2017 41