Rising Tides Below the Midnight Sun Collection
As the iconic Japanese cherries prepare to bloom and the natural world springs into life, this is Kristjana’s brand new artwork collection, a series of contemplative and visually arresting pieces created in the style of some of the great Japanese masters but with the artist’s unique and thought provoking twists.
Kristjana has always been fascinated and inspired by different forms of art from across the globe, and over the years has amassed a vast collection of books on Japanese woodcuts and silk printing in particular, admiring the graceful, graphical structure of the artworks to the delicate personal features and moods that they evoke. This new collection honours this intricate ancient art, but is also fused with influences from Kristjana’s trademark studies of the natural world, and her personal experiences of northern Europe, her works inviting the viewer to contemplate the mysterious and the unexpected. The Lands of the Rising Sun meet the Lands of the Midnight Sun…