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Ola Gustafsson
Sweden
I paint watercolor landscapes as a way to translate lived moments in nature into light, atmosphere, and rhythm. Working from my own photographs of Nordic surroundings, I simplify the scene into clear value-shapes and let edges shift—soft, hard, and lost-and-found—to create presence and depth. My process balances surrender and structure: I invite the medium to move, then refine what matters, aiming for paintings that hold a quiet sense of being part of something larger.

Applicants Artists for a FW2026 nomination

Work presented for the FW2026 collateral exhibition
Johanna and the Mountain
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