My work, Natten (Night), revolves around its incredible palette and the romance surrounding it—something I, as a landscape painter, had little chance to escape from. The reflection of the moon and stars allows colors and nuances to emerge in such a subtle manner. Cold, crystal light bathes the landscape and gives way to shyer tones and forms—colors that the sun would blind out and scatter. The atmosphere and rhythm that unfold in all landscapes throughout the night are elements I revisit and reimagine again and again. The night offers me the space to breathe in freedom. No one sees; no one dares to venture far. Though we humans believe we’ve conquered the Earth, few are willing to swim in a dark sea or walk through a deep forest at night. The inaccessibility of the dark gives me hope, for it is untamed.