Art Sunday; Hrafnhildur Inga Siguroardottir, Icelandic artist.

for more information on this artist visit her web site here

http://hrafnhilduringa.com/en/malverk/new-2011/
I came across this artist today and initially I thought it was another Scottish artist painting the stormy seas and wild skies of the Scottish Islands. I was wrong, this lady is from Iceland, she was born on the farm Vestur- Sámsstaðir in South Iceland, and grew up there. She paints what she knows and what she is familiar with. Many of her paintings are of no place in particular; they are a combination of the many wild Icelandic scenes that constitute her homeland. She paints from memory and imagination but the basis for this is her homestead, the waterfalls, fields, lakes and marshes that are her life. She revels in the sublime, the allure of that which is powerful, dangerous, awe inspiring and overwhelming but at the same time enticing and fascinating. These paintings are from a recent exhibition called ‘Blowing in the Wind’, works that are inspired by the weather conditions she is all too familiar with.
I’ve posted enough work by Scottish artists featuring similar themes I’m sure you will see why I initially thought these were by another Scottish artist. I find it oddly reassuring to know that people who see the beauty of the wild wet and windy are not exclusively Scottish. Education:    
1999-2000   The Art School of Kópavogur, Iceland    
1980-1984   The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts Iceland
1978-1979   Reykjavik School of Visual Arts Iceland