Five on the First

December 2025
Kyrre Mogster

“My name is Kyrre (Chira) Mogster, I’m a Norwegian born artist based in New York. My work mostly consists of representational oil paintings that focus on texture and built up layers of paint. The aim of my work is to create an impression of static energy or a setting in flux.

The process I’m currently using consists of mixing cold wax, marble dust and sand with oil paints. I build up the surface by dry brushing the mixture on canvas and removing the layers with a palette knife, then repeating the process until I get the desired texture and effect. By adding and subtracting the paint I’m able to break the picture plane while simultaneously revealing the underpainting and earlier layers. The mixture of materials gives the brush work a crude grit creating a feeling of noise and movement.

In this body of work I’m depicting nature settings from my childhood growing up in Norway and the Pacific Northwest. The series is meant to be an exploration linking nature and nostalgia, and how revisiting environments from our youth can trigger memories and emotions buried deep within the psyche.”

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