The colours in this oil painting seem so faint, fading, even vanishing, beckoning the viewer towards them. Birgir’s approach to creating artwork is delicate, whispering, heightening the senses and drawing us in.

A new exhibition of his work, Careless Whisper, is open at the National Gallery in Reykjavik from 26 February to 16 June 2022, showing paintings from the last seven years.