Exhibition | A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM

August 15 - September 12, 2024

ANNELI SKAAR

5-7PM THURSDAY, AUGUST 15
Opening Reception and Camden Art Walk

1-2PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 16
Anneli Skaar Lecture at the Farnsworth MuseumRegister here: $10; $8 for Farnsworth members. Tickets include museum admission.

"Never shall I forget the sensations of awe, horror, and admiration with which I gazed about me. The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic, midway down, upon the interior surface of a funnel vast in circumference, prodigious in depth, and whose perfectly smooth sides might have been mistaken for ebony, but for the bewildering rapidity with which they spun around, and for the gleaming and ghastly radiance they shot forth, as the rays of the full moon, from that circular rift amid the clouds which I have already described, streamed in a flood of golden glory along the black walls, and far away down into the inmost recesses of the abyss.”

From Edgar Allan Poe’s short story ;“A Descent into the Maelström” which is set in Norway’s Lofoten Archipelago, site of Moskenestraumen, one of the largest whirlpool currents in the world. Though Poe had never been to Norway, the myths surrounding this place were well known from maps as far back as the 1500s. The paintings are illustrations for a reimagining of Poe's short story.


Precipitous Descents

$2,800
Anneli Skaar
Precipitous Descents
oil on canvas panel, 20x16"

The News of the World

$2,800
Anneli Skaar
The News of the World
oil on canvas panel, 20x16"

Keep Swimming

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Keep Swimming
oil on paper, 6.5x5"

The Birds are Undisturbed

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
The Birds are Undisturbed
oil on paper, 6.25x5"

Courage Answering for Capital

$850
Anneli Skaar
Courage Answering for Capital
oil on paper, 5.325x8.325"

Lashed To The Mast

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Lashed To The Mast
oil on paper, 8.25x5.25"

Whales Come Too Near the Stream

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Whales Come Too Near the Stream
oil on paper, 8.25x5.25"

I Flung It Far Away Into The Ocean

$850
Anneli Skaar
I Flung It Far Away Into The Ocean
oil on paper, 6.25x5"

What a Scene it was to Light Up

$850
Anneli Skaar
What a Scene it was to Light Up
oil on panel, 5.25x8.25"

Summit of the Loftiest Crag

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Summit of the Loftiest Crag
oil on paper, 5.25x8.25"

A Ghastly Crest

$850
Anneli Skaar
A Ghastly Crest
oil on paper, 5.25x8.25"

While He Roared Terribly

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
While He Roared Terribly
oil on paper, 6.5x2.875"

Island I

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Island I
oil on paper, 3.75x3"

Island II

SOLD
Anneli Skaar
Island II
oil on paper, 3.75x3"

Cod Head

$1,200
Anneli Skaar
Cod Head
oil on panel, 7.75x9.5" (10x11.5" framed)