Geir Harald Samuelsen

Geir Harald Samuelsen is a Norwegian artist whose work navigates the thresholds between visibility and concealment, presence and disappearance. In his ongoing series Eclipse – Formørkelse, he explores painting as a dynamic state of transition—where layers of lacquer, gesture, and stencil form shifting rhythms that both reveal and obscure, like the fleeting beauty of a lunar eclipse.

Samuelsen’s approach has evolved from conceptual exploration to a deeply physical and tactile practice. His paintings capture traces of movement—swift strokes, fluid transitions, and precise deposits—that embody a sensory rhythm between body and reason. Each work becomes not a depiction, but a living concentration of memory, energy, and experience.

Rooted in the landscapes and light of Norway, his art reflects a sensitivity to change—the rhythm of weather, the dialogue of light and darkness, and the liminal spaces between belonging and displacement. Samuelsen’s paintings invite viewers into a moment of quiet resonance, where material and motion converge into presence.

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