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Duality of Horse

By  Halldór Kristjánsson 2025 - 2026

Dimensions
160x120 cm

The painting echoes the Greek twins Sleep (Hypnos) and Death (Thanatos). The split form and circling swans suggest a passage between states, where stillness, surrender, and transformation coexist.

Portrait 1 1773758665 Halldór Kristjánsson

Aristocats

Bovine Congress

Fjallkonan (woman of the montain)

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