David Sandum

3 photos taken by a wheat field that I passed by on my 11k walk/interval run this evening. I of course thought of Vincent! It felt like the first day of fall, but we may get some more summer days!

#norway #art #inspiration #photography #nature

Camille Monet in the Garden - 1873 #artbots #monet
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Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman holding a large camera to her face while sitting on the roof of a 1930s style car

US Photographer Dorothea Lange c. 1938, whose work humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography #womensart

Even underfoot
amidst brokenness
and decay
nature proclaims
her love
her intent
her desire
do not look away
heed her message
be the love
be the kindness
be the tolerance
our world needs
have the courage to
love wastefully

(Happy International Friendship Day! 💛)

#WriterPoet #Friendship #Love

Artwork by David Sandum in Norway. Title: ’Moonlight’ Medium: Mixed media: Pastel/watercolor pencils/oil pastel on 300 mg black watercolor paper. Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch) Year: 2025 Artist’s note: My 3rd large scale work on black paper. With this work, I am taking the technique further by adding highlights and certain areas with Carandache oil pastel sticks. The moon and light blue areas around it in particular. Also in the water reflection. I keep wanting to make the colors pop more and constantly turn off the light in the studio to see if they are bright enough. It is amazing to see the difference between daylight or under electric light. The photo in this post was taken in the evening on a cloudy day, which I have found renders the best true representation. Yet in a gallery under a spotlight, the colors will sing even more! I often discuss the difficulty of photographing your work with my artist friends. It is an issue of great worry for me, and I always tell my collectors to frame these works behind anti-reflective glass and to hang them in proper light. Some say that a work should carry itself in any kind of light. True I suppose, but I promise you, if you would walk into any art museum without proper lighting, you would get an entirely different experience. #art #mixedmedia #expressionism #blueskyart #pastel

New work just signed at my studio.

Title: ’Moonlight’
Medium: Mixed media: Pastel/watercolor pencils/oil pastel on 300 mg black watercolor paper.
Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch)
Year: 2025

Artist note/description in ALT.

#art #expressionism #pastel #scandinavianartist #norway #blueskyart

Large scale watercolor/pastel pencil work by artist David Sandum in Norway. Title: ’On the ridge.” Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils on 300 mg black watercolor paper. Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch) Year: 2025 #art #blueskyart #pasteldrawing #expressionism #mentalhealthart

My second large scale watercolor/pastel pencil work.

Title: ’On the ridge.”
Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils on 300 mg black watercolor paper.
Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch)
Year: 2025

#art #blueskyart #pasteldrawing #expressionism #mentalhealthart

Photos from my 9k interval walk/run this evening at Jeløy. Such a warm tropical day in the far north!

#norway #photography #getoutthere

Landscape format in bright acrylics on canvas. View down a slightly curving street. Buildings on left side are 3 storeys of pink, then orange, then yellow, with shop fronts at street level. Rest of left side is hidden as street curves behind a pale grey gable. Right side is aligned with viewing point so buildings are barely visible thin strips of yellow, blue, red, brown, and in foreground on right there is a high grey stone wall with flecks of red, blue and yellow in between the stones. Road surface is a bold pink with yellow box markings along bottom edge of painting; footpaths are bright yellow with blue kerbs. The sky is a painterly yellow. At the end of the street a short distance beyond a front-facing purple building with yellow corner-stones and window arched surrounds, is a rounded green hill with dark hedgerows. Signed bottom right in red on yellow pavement, Liam Daly

Go on, have a #painting. "Bandon, Oliver Plunkett Street" came out of a time I was cycling around west Cork in a silly sort of happy state such is the joy the colour of southwest Ireland can bring. #SpeirGorm #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow

'The Porch Door,' (1962) captures Fairfield Porter's admiration for Henri Matisse, like him he depicts the typical and the individual at the same time, in this case the view from a window at his home on Great Spruce Head Island in Penobscot Bay, Maine.

A photo taken at midnight yesterday walking home.

#randomobservation #photography

My largest watercolor/pastel pencil work to date! (Swipe right for detail photos) Artist explanation: This was an intense piece to do! I have seldom felt such adrenaline and focus drawing the lines impromptu. The difference from before was the larger size and broader lines. I needed to work in stages and get rest between sessions, which lasted 3-5 hours each (five sessions total). The greatest cause to pause: Pastel pencils are mostly permanent and I needed to be certain of my color choices and composition. I felt a rush each time I continued, always contemplating the Matisse quote, ”Creativity takes courage.” I learned two new things creating this: 1) In rare cases, it is possible to go from light to dark with pastel pencils with certain colors, but never dark to light. If done, I should use the same color palette. This seems self-explanatory, but I have been so focused on plain surfaces. The only place where I applied this was by the horizon line that I first made yellow, but then felt that it drew too much attention. Instead, I made it green by mixing the same blue as in the sky. I then added light turquoise above it, which created a more harmonious effect. 2) Applying two such layers is fine, but not three, and it should only be applied in a few places or it will affect ”the cleaness” of the whole. Black can be added over certain areas with too much color, but it will be a different black than the paper. Keep it clean David! I will create more work in this size. It feels like a new and exciting stage of my learning process. It will also help to make the pieces less dark from a distance. It has been a goal of mine for many years and I continue to experience with new methods, including mixing layers of gouache with watercolor pencils, and wet oil pastel sticks over pastel pencils. Title: ’Roots and Branches’ (series) Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils on 300 mg black watercolor paper. Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch) Year: 2025 #art #expressionism

New work just finished and signed. Added some detail photos.

Further explanation in ALT.

Title: ’Roots and Branches’ (series)
Medium: Pastel/watercolor pencils on 300 mg black watercolor paper.
Size: 70x50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 inch)
Year: 2025

#expressionism #art #blueskyart #scandinavianartist

Photo taken at Refsnes, Norway, this evening.

#norway #photography

A photo I took out walking tonight. I saw this pigeon on a wire and thought, “Being alone can be peaceful.”

#photography #symbolism #norway #lightseason

My artist friend Cecilie has a very cool sculpture by her house entry. Always makes me smile when I visit!

My etching ‘By Victoria Falls’. Edition of 25.

This was a very complex print to make, combining variations of acid on the copper plate for different tones, intaglio, and sugar aquatint.

This was a memory from when I visited Victoria Falls in the NW Scottish Highlands, 2019.

#printmaking #art

Photo from my hike yesterday overlooking Trondvik by the Oslo Fjord. Zooming in, I see that I captured a seagull against the sun. Had no idea.

#norway #photography #nature #fjord

The sun over the Oslo Fjord. I took this photo standing at a vantage point near Trondvik, Norway. Photo taken at 9:11 pm. (21:11)

#norway #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #scandinavia #lightseason

Nice to hear from you. They actually call Jeløy, «The pearl of the Oslo Fjord.» I am so blessed to live here. If you are back in Moss, you are welcome to visit my studio over a coffee. It is at the center of the city.

My evening study of trees. Photos taken at Alby on Jeløy Island, Norway (where I live).

#norway #photography #trees #art #inspiration #naturephotography

Marguerite

Marguerite, 1906 #artbots #matisse
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Thanks Jen 🙏

Thank you 🙏

Artwork by David Sandum Title: ‘Mountain Song’ Medium: Mixed media: Carandache watercolor/pastel pencils/oil pastel sticks on black watercolor paper. Size: A3 (8.3x11.7 inch). Year: 2025

8 days ago, I posted a new work that I was working on. This is how it turned out when finished.

Title: ‘Mountain Song’
Medium: Mixed media: Carandache watercolor/pastel pencils/oil pastel sticks on black watercolor paper.
Size: A3 (8.3x11.7 inch).
Year: 2025

#artprocess #expressionism #art

The difference between interest and commitment.

#quote #art #life

Painting by artist David Sandum, now on display for the group exhibit at Moss Kunstforening, Moss, Norway. The exhibit features work from 64 Norwegian artists and will hang until July 13. Title: ‘Alone in the Grass.’ Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 73x92 cm ( (28.7 x 36.2 inch.) Year: 2023

My painting now on display for
the group exhibit at Moss Kunstforening. The exhibit features work from 64 Norwegian artists and will hang until July 13.

Title: ‘Alone in the Grass.’
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 73x92 cm ( (28.7 x 36.2 inch.)
Year: 2023

#oilpainting #art #expressionism #blueskyart

Do not live half a life.

#quote #life #lifepurpose

https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/paso-robles-vines This painting of Paso Robles vines captures California wine country at its best. Perched high atop a hillside in Paso Robles, I could see far over the vineyard-covered rolling hills all around me. Laying brush strokes side by side without layering, Erin Hanson re-created the beauty and wonder of this vista in her contemporary, colorful impressionist style. This work is available for purchase as an original oil painting, 3D Textured Replica, or canvas print. Paso Robles Vines Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2024 24 x 30 in

This painting of Paso Robles vines captures California wine country at its best. Perched atop a hillside in Paso Robles, I could see far over the vineyard-covered rolling hills all around me.

Paso Robles Vines
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2024
24 x 30 in

#dailyart #vineyard #colorfulart

Photos from yesterday’s 10k interval run around Jeløy, Norway. So lush and green!

#norway #norge #photography #naturephotography #artinspiration #scandinavia

This afternoon, I sat alone in quiet at my studio. I felt like drawing but had no idea what to do? On my counter was a white sheet of thick watercolor paper. My eyes fixed on it with trepidation. A white empty space can be most frightening! It’s been a while since I’ve worked with positive space with drawings/mixed media, having gotten used to black paper and negative space (in a sense, carving out the motif). Deciding to give it a go, I sat down in my chair and closed my eyes, trying to connect with a motif. I finally settled on a scene that I was familiar with to focus on the technique itself. «Do something relief like,» I told myself, contemplating art nouveau. A few hours later this was the result. I have no idea if it turned out any good, but I am proud of taking the leap! I included some detail photos in the post to show the mark-making. Size: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9x12 inches). Medium: Carandache pastel/watercolor pencils and wet oil pastel sticks (for a few highlights). #art #mixedmediadrawing #creative #artprocess #expressionism #symbolism #artist #davidsandum #scandinavianart

New work created today. No planning or sketch, just letting my hand wander! It was a challenge for me and I needed to focus. I wrote down my entire process/experience in ALT.

I added 3 detail photos to show the mark-making.

#art #expressionism #blueskyart #artprocess

Amen. Well said! Thank you.