Opportunity

 

Oil on PVC board.

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"

Winter in Estonia

 Oil on Canvas.
Alone in the dark, this painting changes colours as light hits it differently, and from changing angles. Perspective on winter and solitude depends on the light you shine on it.

Summer in Estonia

 

Oil on wood.

A rye field, with rukkilill (Estonia's national flower), and poppyseed, where a swallow (Estonia's national bird) rests.

The heat and blossom of Estonian summer are represented by the warm colours of the field and the contrasting flowers. The swallow reminds us of the shortness and beauty of the summer. Filled with national symbols of Estonia, this painting is a praise to the motherland of the artist.

Viking shield

 

Linda, libre y loca

 

Rangoli

Rangoli is an art form originating in India, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks. Rangoli are usually made during Diwali or Tihar, Onam, Pongal, Sankranthi and other Hindu festivals in the Indian subcontinent, and are most often made during Diwali. Designs are passed from one generation to the next, keeping both the art form and the tradition alive. I made this Rangoli in November 2015 using edible products only.

Ojo

"Ojo"

Oil on canvas.

2017

It's Florencia's face but with blue/green coloured eyes. Thought as a merge between her and me into the smiling and vibrant look that comes from being in love.

Details: 

Close up to eye's canthus and iris.

Process:

Mirando la puesta del sol

"Mirando la puesta del sol", oil on canvas.

Process:

Background

Lights and shadows

Background main colours

First attempt on clouds

Clouds as they are

Sinimustvalge

Sinimustvalge, the estonian flag.

"Sinine ja must ja valge ehitagu Eestimaad!" (Lipulaul)
"The blue, the black and the white build Estonia!" (Flag song)
According to Martin Lipp's poem "Eesti lipp" the colours represent:
Blue: vaulted blue sky above the native land;
Black: attachment to the soil of the homeland as well as the fate of Estonians;
White: purity, hard work, and commitment.

So, I took my brushes, oil colours palette and hands to work!
(Sorry the pictures aren't very good, because the colours are being a bit distorted)

Click on any picture to enlarge.

Sinimustvalge, Cristofer Rybner
Oil painting on canvas (mixed technique)

 Close-ups to different parts of the painting:

Detail forest (left)

Detail of forest (right)

Detail treetops and clouds

Detail branches

Detail hare

Kathy

Este es el proceso desde el dibujo a mano alzada del boceto en lápiz hasta el cuadro terminado.
This is the process from sketch drawing to the finished work.

(Click en una imagen para ver en modo galería)
(Click on a picture to see as a gallery)