Early spring in Maridalen

Maridalen is, though being very rural, a part of the town of Oslo. The lake there has been the main source for drinking water for Oslo during the last century and more. This painting took three years to finish, because of the extremely fast changes of nature this time of year. There is still ice on the water and remains of snow in the plow furrows, the white anemones have already started to bloom, but the trees bear only a promise of what’s to come.