Behind the work: "Still Water VII"

The seventh and last of a sequence about a pond that no longer exists. Completed in 2024, it's oil on canvas at 900 × 940 mm, and it comes from Ingrid Halvorsen's studio in Oslo — original — full rights transfer.

How it was made

Reworking a passage eleven times before it feels resolved isn't indecision, it's usually the sign of an artist who can tell the difference between 'finished' and 'correct' and refuses to settle for the former until the latter shows up.

Numbering a hand-pulled edition sequentially as it sells, rather than all at once before release, is a small but meaningful choice — it means the number on a print reflects the actual order collectors bought it, not an arbitrary assignment.

What it's worth knowing before you buy

Digital editions occupy a strange, still-settling place in the market — infinitely reproducible in theory, deliberately scarce in practice through a limited release and, often, a licence that specifies exactly what a buyer can and can't do with the file.

Mixed-media work resists the clean medium categories collectors are used to, which can make it harder to price and describe — but it's also often where an artist's most experimental, least market-tested ideas actually happen.

Like the rest of Ingrid Halvorsen's work, "Still Water VII" ships with a signed certificate of authenticity and a condition report photographed the day it's packed — the same protection that applies to every physical sale on Bello, regardless of price.