William Lidsheim

Painter — Oslo, Norway

Oil & acrylic on linen

Fermenting II, 2026
Oil & acrylic on linen, 200 × 250 cm

Large-scale paintings developed through intuition and process — form and meaning emerge through making, not planning.

An ongoing series on process, variation & time

Selected works

2025 — 2026

Stagnant — vertical painting of dripping dark organic forms over oxide red — Stagnant

2026 · Acrylic on linen canvas · 180 × 130 cm

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Fermenting — square painting of intertwined figures in a red lattice — Fermenting

2025 · Oil & acrylic on linen canvas · 160 × 160 cm

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Evolving — small painting of a seated figure holding a sprouting branch — Evolving

2026 · Acrylic on linen canvas · 60 × 40 cm

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Self-Consuming — crouched figure among grey rocks against an olive lattice — Self-Consuming

2026 · Oil on canvas · 150 × 100 cm

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Inner void — torso-like form pierced with openings against deep red — Inner void

2025 · Oil on linen canvas · 100 × 70 cm

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“Each canvas begins with basic structural marks — the rest is a negotiation with the material.”

Black and white portrait of William Lidsheim — The artist, Oslo

About

William Lidsheim is a Norwegian painter based in Oslo. His work centres on large-scale oil paintings made without preliminary sketches or predetermined subjects — form and meaning develop through making rather than planning.

Each canvas begins with basic structural marks and grows through continuous engagement with the material: a restricted palette, layered surfaces, and several paintings in progress at once so that ideas migrate between them.

He treats the body of work as one ongoing series — an open exploration of process, variation and time.

Prints

A small number of works are released as prints — the only way to live with a painting that has already found its wall.

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Print — vertical composition of dripping red and umber lattice forms