Art Is a Journey

 "What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that is gone forever, impossible to reproduce." Karl Lagerfeld

"Photography is the art of making memories tangible." Destin Sparks

Last month, I spent two weeks with my wife and daughters in Norway, with a day each in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the south coast of Sweden. My acts of art were trying to take well framed photos, appreciating the views and World Heritage Sites, and observing great works of art by Gustav Vigeland and Bertel Thorvaldsen. Half way through the trip, I swore I would not take any more photos of waterfalls in the fjords, but around every bend was another splendid, unique fall of water over glacially carved fjord walls.

These are some of the multitude of waterfalls that I photographed in various fjords.

The Vigeland Sculpture park in Oslo, Norway, is one of my bucket list items that I checked off during this trip.

The magnificent Christus by Thorvaldsen in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.

I found a wonderful art gallery in Geiranger, Norway, owned and operated by artist Ola Une Ferstad Liland. The gallery is an old home with three stories filled with paintings, lithographs, ceramics, glass, and sculptures. Liland is the visual artist, and the other objet d'arts are by his artist friends. I could have spent a lot more time browsing than I had time for.

I purchased two lithographs small enough to pack in my luggage.