Ilse Varen, painter

Paint that remembers the weather

Abstract painting with blocks of red, blue and yellow
  • Lunevik Review
  • Velmora Quarterly
  • The Saltmeadow Review
  • Galleri Holmsund
  • Lunevik Kunsthall

Ilse Varen paints large abstract canvases about the northern coast: the light in early spring, the colour of wet stone, the long pause before a storm. Each painting starts outdoors and is finished in the harbour studio in Lunevik, in thin layers that keep the colour clear.

Selected work

The painting is finished when it stops arguing with me.

Ilse Varen On her process

Exhibitions

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    Now showing

    Northern Light

    Galleri Holmsund, Holmsund

    Twenty new paintings from the coast, shown together for the first time.

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    11:00 to 17:00

    Upcoming

    Open studio weekend

    Studio Ilse Varen, Lunevik

    The studio is open to everyone, with new work on the walls.

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    Upcoming

    New Nordic Painting

    Velmora House, Bergen

    A group exhibition with six painters from the Nordic coasts.

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    Past

    Low Tide

    Lunevik Kunsthall, Lunevik

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    Past

    Harbour Studies

    Velmora House, Bergen

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Studio notes, four times a year

New work, exhibitions and the occasional open studio.

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