Pond og Ransý

Tjörn (Pond) and Ransý are oil paintings by Karl Jóhann Jónsson. The artist has held many one-man shows and also exhibited his work with other artists. He studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, and has a teaching qualification from the Iceland Academy of the Arts.

 Karl Jóhann uses photography as a tool in the artistic process, and the result is a painting. Karl Jóhann generally paints the people around him: his wife and children, friends and himself. But in the paintings they are transformed into different people, in different roles. Each work depicts a certain event or impression that Karl invents and stages, in such a way that the observer may focus on what is not depicted. Karl´s work often includes direct and indirect references to art history.

Whale of Feelings 

Whale of Feelings is an oil painting by Daði Guðbjörnsson, one of Iceland´s best-known artists, who has held many exhibitions in Iceland and abroad. He studied art at the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. 

In the catalogue about the works, Kristín G. Guðnadóttir writes: “The four elements – water, air, earth and fire – are striking in Daði´s new works, creating a setting or stage for symbols in the form of landscape or an enigmatic picture space.”

Arnar Fells was born in Keflavík in 1980. He has been captivated by photography since he was a child. He mainly takes photographs of people, but is also keenly interested in surrealistic and artistic photography. He seeks inspiration and ideas in his surroundings and in the works of other photographers, which he develops in his own way.

Arnar´s exhibition of photographs of Erlingur Jónsson marked the artist´s 75th birthday.

Gríms Karlsson's fleet of boats

For many years Grímur Karlsson was a fisherman, and the sea and seamanship were the stuff of his life.  Eighty-seven ship models made by Grímur are on exhibition at Duushús, the Reykjavík Art Museum. Two models are on loan to the Terminal, and are exhibited in the departure lounge.

Keflvíkingur GK 400
The Keflvíkingur was built in Njarðvík, Reykjanesbær, in 1940: she was 70 tons, with a 180-horsepower Alpha diesel engine. The boat caught fire and sank 80 nautical miles off  the southwest corner of Iceland on 16 July 1951.  The nine-man crew escaped into a small boat, and were rescued 19 hours later by the Skíðblaðnir, a vessel from Keflavík.

Vilborg KE 51
The Vilborg was an oak boat, built in Ísafjörður in 1954. She was 51 tons, with a 240-horsepower GM diesel engine. The boat was deregistered on 20 October 1987.