About Magdalena Studio
I have realized that my paintings lean towards loneliness and an unsettling feeling about the end, of all things. I think that my own mortality is creeping into my work but also there is hope in my futuristic images, celestial ideas of immortality. I'm an optimistic person generally but the world is a worrisome place, the trauma in the mere existence of so many people, mostly women is a burden on my soul. I am impotent except in my worry which is useless. I still seek the beauty of nature and the solace of family but there is pain there also, so it seeps into the work. S...Read More
Established in 19991stDibs seller since 2024
Featured Pieces
Unexpected, encaustic on wood, rabbit and fish
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
a portrait of a wild rabbit being surprised and puzzled by the flying goldfish, as I am too, blending wax and oil pastel to create a dreamlike space where innocence meets imagination...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
High Slope, Abstract Expressionist Painting, Oil on Canvas, 2010+
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
I blended abstract and realistic elements to capture the raw energy of a mountain’s slope, a natural expression of memory.
I was born surrounded by mountains, steep imposing rocks o...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Stalwart Tree Encaustic Painting, Folk Art, Framed
Located in Kingston, WA
A sprawling tree dominates this scene, its intricate branches coiling majestically against a serene backdrop. The textured layers of azure and amber create an organic fusion of colo...
Category
2010s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood
High Pasture, Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, Post-Impressionist, 2010+
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
This is a description of a high mountain pasture, in my mind, it might be Norway or Switzerland or central Europe, I should have put bells on the sheep since I can hear them now
Ami...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Chasm, Abstract Painting, Oil on Cotton Canvas, New, 20x24
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
this painting is a metaphor for the divide between humans, lacking a bridge we do nothing but yell back and forth, not reaching each other. In an argument with my daughter there is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Cerridwen, Welsh Celtic goddess associated with transformation, inspiration
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
This painting has more to do with myth, regeneration and the continuous evolution of life. All life, humans walking towards the future, dandelions spreading their life everywhere, li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sailing Towards Night, Futurist Encaustic Painting, Framed, 2010+
Located in Kingston, WA
Blending bees wax, oil pastel, and resin to capture a surreal journey into the night’s mysteries. The hovering moon and ethereal rings evoke a metaphysical voyage, inviting viewers t...
Category
2010s Futurist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Encaustic
Surrealist Oil Painting 'The Watchtowers' on Canvas, Framed
Located in Kingston, WA
This surreal world where watchtowers burn with inner fire, guarding hidden wisdom under a celestial sky. The mysterious comet streaks hope and change across the night, while the lone...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
antique Burmese hand-carved wooden statue of a Nat spirit guardian on a horse
Located in Kingston, WA
Nat spirits are popular guardian figures in Burma, stemming from pre-Buddhist animist beliefs.
This piece is an example of Burmese folk art, often found in homes and on shrine platfo...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Echo Not Reflection: Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
Emerging from the tension between chaos and order, this creation unfolds a celestial scene through its sweeping gradient of colors and textures. The circular motifs seemingly float a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The North Cloud: Skrova Painting, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Art
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
In crafting this piece, I was drawn to the vibrant interplay of twilight hues and the dramatic vastness of the sky. The use of oils allowed me to layer colors lavishly, creating a ri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Bluebird of Innocence Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, American Modern
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
a reworking of a quieter image with the same child, but children aren't quiet and this needed more vitality, so I added more birds and flowers, anemones. I wanted to evoke an idyllic...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
