WALL PAINTING

My art implies a confidence in the power of abstraction, the complex and subtle, where something un articulate in us is met with an inspiring energy. With my art, I want to move the viewer with my worldview of nature in man – and the human being in nature. It is a story that we humans are nature and part of a complicated universal pattern in which the surroundings on an energy level merge with the senses, emotions and thoughts.

We move in the science art category (SciArt), where I investigate and express something about the world. I reduce a scientific or aesthetic concept down to fewer and simpler elements to investigate a lot more closely. I use this reductionist approach in my art in both form and colour, where I examine individual components to uncover a more complex phenomenon. I seek to elicit a sensual and emotional realization in the viewer.

In my art, I take advantage of nature's flow, where large amounts of water make shapes liquid and vibrant. I use the laws of nature to create movements and crackles. Ramifications emerge as new beginnings and follow the universal pattern of a fractal stud shooting. The cells are the building blocks of nature and the foundation of all life. All living things are made up of cells. The human body is constantly changing from the first cell formation, where the stem cells are the basis of our complex organism.

I see the world holistically with a focus on the whole. Man and everything in the world is inextricably linked. I am fascinated by the patterns and connections of nature between micro- and macrocosm. The patterns in nature are repeated in a fractal geometry, where they are embedded in each other and repeated in large and small. The fractal patterns apply both to nature's simple organisms and to the more complex ones, and thus also apply to us humans.

In quantum physics, we have learned that all we thought was physical is energy. Everything in the universe consists of intangible energy, and everything radiates energy. A work of art – and also colors exude energy. But also any sense, emotion, thought or life-depletion is a result of energy. Our minds live and gain daily energy from our surroundings and with my art, I want to contribute with a sensual stimuli, an inspiring energy and perhaps even new realizations.

Rikke Darling

Restaurant Geranium has been decorated with my murals.

Photos and more details about the finished project are coming soon...

I paint murals both indoors and outdoors. Indoors, I paint the mural with acrylic paint. If a bathroom or a kitchen is to be painted, I mix a painting medium into the paint, which makes it more durable and can withstand high humidity, in the same way as when you choose a more high-gloss paint for better washability. If painting is to be done outdoors, it depends on the material to be painted on. If it is wood, the paint will be applied with clear varnish as a final protective layer. Outdoor murals are also called wall paintings and gable paintings.

2021 Gallery Beck, Easter Exhibition, Brønderslev, Denmark

2021 Gallery ArtCompaz, Easter Exhibition, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2020 K2 Art, Dronninglund Art Centre, Denmark

2020 Affordable Art Fair, EOTW Gallery, Milan, Italy

2019 Black As Ink, Exhibition Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019 Gallery ArtCompaz, With the globe in Centrum, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2019 Art Bodensee, Van Gogh Gallery, Dornbirn, Austria

2019 Gallery Beck, Easter Exhibition, Brønderslev, Denmark

2019 Affordable Art Fair, EOTW Gallery, London, England

2018 Christmas Exhibition, Art Gallery, Slagelse, Denmark

2018 Gallery Rasch, Rønne, Denmark

2018 ARTe, Sindelfingen, Germany

2017 Alchemic Body, Gallery Laura Haber, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2017 Hyde Opening, DAM, Hallandale Beach, USA

2017 K2 - Dialogues, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016 Superfine, DAM, Miami, USA

2016 Gallery Subworks, Fredensborg, Denmark

2016 Gallery ArtCompaz, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2015 Towards the Days of Tomorrow, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2015 Artmoney, Bredgade 22, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 MAX A5, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014 YOS, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2014 Gallery K. Jacobsson, Sweden

2014 Danish/Svenska Kompaniet, Sweden

2014 Gallery V58, Aarhus, Denmark

2013 K2Kunst, Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark

2013 Kunstcentrum, Silkeborg, Denmark

2013 Gallery V58, Aarhus, Denmark

2012 Gallery G3, Gelstrup, Denmark

2011 Kunst2100 - Docken, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011 ArtCompaz, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2011 A tribute to life, Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011 FUGA Artist Association, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2009 Gallery X, Gentofte, Denmark

2020 "Summer Exhibition" Gallery Skagen, Skagen, Denmark

2018 "Fall", Artcompaz, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2018 Baerely design, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017 Gallery North, Denmark

2016 Svinkloev Badehotel, Denmark

2014 Gallery Viglowa, Tokyo, Japan.

2014 Gallery Glasseriet, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010 Sophienberg Castle, Rungsted, Denmark

2010 ArtCompaz, Frederiksberg, Denmark

2009 Cobra Gallery, Charlottenlund, Denmark

In the summer of 2023, I painted a mural in the Ronald McDonald House at Rigshospitalet. The Ronald McDonald house is a house where families with seriously ill children live for a shorter or longer period. The house acts as a safe base in a turbulent time when it is not possible for the families to be at home.

From being a completely boring white room, a cozy living space for all generations had to be created. Two of the walls were painted light yellow to bring warmth into the room. I have also created art for two large acoustic panels that were donated by Illux, to make the acoustics better and create more coziness.

On the end wall by the window I have painted a large mural that curves over corners. It is a botanical mural filled with insects, flowers and plants in a light and calm expression.

Painting painted on wall

A mural is a painting that is painted directly on a wall or a wall outdoors (here it is also called a mural). The term mural also covers when painted on a door, a pillar, a ceiling or other surfaces. The mural is painted directly on the wall and thus becomes an integral part of the building or room to which the wall belongs. They are therefore site-specific works that relate to the place it has to fit in. Wall painting is probably the oldest form of art, which goes all the way back to cave paintings and cave paintings that were painted on cave or rock walls in prehistoric times. The oldest known wall paintings are approximately 32,000-year-old cave paintings in the French Grotte Chauvet. The cave paintings often showed wild animals and were done by carving into the rock wall and painting with dye.

My murals are painted in the same style as my paintings. However, they have a dispute, as a mural for me must be a little lighter and simpler in expression when painting on a very large surface. When the mural is painted on a colored wall, it becomes more prominent in expression. I love when the mural wraps around corners or above ceilings, and smaller artistic elements integrate into the room and become part of something bigger. A wall painting is very suitable in places where you want a light and airy expression. It is very suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, hallways and stairwells, as well as small rooms where not too much can be done.

I paint both indoor and outdoor murals.

I paint murals throughout Denmark and abroad.

I paint murals both in private homes and in businesses. Murals in restaurants, hotels and clinics and also large murals in hospitals and other public buildings.

When I paint murals, you can come up with your own wishes for colors, shapes and certain elements.

See more projects with murals here:

• Mural in bathroom

• Mural living room

• Wall painting in bedroom

• Murals in psychiatry

• Mural in hallway / staircase in a private home

I offer professional murals with art painted directly on the wall. I paint in private homes, companies, restaurants, hotels, as well as in public institutions such as hospitals, residences, schools and senior centers.

Motifs painted directly on the wall contribute atmosphere and poetry to the interior.

I always offer to come up with a presentation on the mural. If desired, the atmosphere and details of the mural can be created in collaboration with the staff, residents, patients.