<p>Landscapes where greenery or oceans play against the sky are seen as a good motif for watercolour. The colour’s transparency can capture the atmosphere of the air. The colour box is also easy to bring along so that visual impressions quickly can be transformed into colour and shape. Within this strong tradition, Kjersti Eliassen has painted her image of a field in evening light. At the same time, she creates displacements with small means. Her image is completely square and the horizon is astonishingly high. The format is unusual in Western landscape painting. Kjersti Eliassen has her art education from the Oslo Painting School and the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. She initially painted with oil on canvas, but has later concentrated entirely on the watercolour technique in her art. Her motifs are simplified landscapes, where it is the poetry and mood rather than the imitation of nature that emerges.</p>