Tribute to Myrkdalen

1996 Oil on Canvas
24″ x 36″ unframed
$2500
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Myrkdalen, the name means dark valley, but my recollections of Myrkdalen are all bright, from ski tours when the snow was plowed so high that the roads were like tunnels, to autumn hikes over rocky desolate highlands where defiant lemmings were the only creatures around; from dazzling days in early June when it seemed we skied over a gigantic snow cone with aquamarine pools just beginning to break through, to cozy, festal nights around the coffee table inside the pine-paneled walls. The young girl in the bunad (native costume) represents Tone, our daughter’s dearest childhood friend. Just five years old, she was our first language teacher and, more importantly, taught us the beauty of a Norwegian friend.