A polar bear cub is seen jumping over the water to reach the ice, while further ahead a grown-up polar bear is leaving the frame. The artist sees himself related to both, as a cub when he crossed the Atlantic to get to Estonia, and as a grown bear leaving older, more mature, and bearing the colours of Coolbet. With the sky tinted in colours that remind us of dusk and dawn, the end of a stage and the beginning of the next are represented. Finally, the colours of the reflection cast on the water don’t match the ones of the bears, and this comes to portray the always-present internal conflict of the artist with the industry, which becomes softer with time.
The name of the work, Opportunity, is the word Cristofer chooses to define what Coolbet means for him. An opportunity to move to Estonia. An opportunity to grow. An opportunity to learn, to teach, to lead.
This work was reproduced on was used to be a board with the danish flag, which fits perfectly with the artist's background. Using only palette knives and a total of 8 hours to paint, the challenge aligns with what the artist feels was his journey in the company, "getting things done quickly and with limited resources"
