Sunday June 11th was the opening of the Family-life in the lighthouses- exhibition at Leirvik fyr. It was the “friends of Leirvik fyr”-group (lighthouse) that invited me to exhibit ath their newly renovated lighthouse. It is no longer in use as a lighthouse, but a beautiful place only 8 minutes from downtown Leirvik by boat.
Ella Vågsvoll welcomes the guests to the exhibition, on this picture placed in the hall.
The two-story house had pictures in all rooms.
The top picture here with the man and the women sunbathing, was bought by Stord municipality art-delegation, and given as a gift to the friends-of-Leirvik-fyr- volunteer group to hang permanently at the lighthouse.
Ella again, this time busy in the kitchen.
Two bedrooms are on the second floor, now decorated with more family-life pictures.
The picture above is actually quite rare. The lighthouses were way west in the ocean, and because of the Gulf-stream and the salty air, there was hardly ever snow here. To get enough snow to make a snowman would have been quite extraordinary!
The picture below actually doesn´t belong to the exhibit, it was one I made especially for when the exhibition was in Denmark. These are Danish fishing-boats.
In the hall, you´ll also find this young man, collecting eggs from the chickens.
And in the previous machine-house, these pictures decorated the walls.
Over a hundred people came to visit, some to see the exhibition, some for the book-lanuch of Knut Angell´s book about Leirvik fyr, and some to see the newly opened and restored lighthouse. Music and home-made cakes made it well worth the trip.
Liv Unni Oma took the photos below, from the outside of the lighthouse, showing some of the activities.
The exhibition is open next Sunday too, but with no organized boat to bring visitors.