My Art Print Samples Arrived – So Exciting!
Opening the package felt a little like Christmas. My first art print samples arrived, and I had the chance to compare different paper tones, textures and the way my paintings come alive as prints.
Sampleprintit saapuivat painosta – jännää!
Paketin avaaminen tuntui melkein joululta. Ensimmäiset taideprinttisampleni saapuivat, ja pääsin vertailemaan paperien sävyjä, pintoja ja sitä, miten omat maalaukseni heräävät eloon printteinä.
How Fantasy Flowers Start to Glow
How Fantasy Flowers Start to Glow
Some flowers do not want to stay flat.
This fantasy floral painting grew through acrylic layers, playful marks, plant prints, spoon-built texture and warm oil glazes — until the flowers started to glow with a juicy Finnish summer feeling.
Artistic Freedom
A short reflection on artistic freedom, mixed media painting, and using spoons as unexpected painting tools. When the flowers in my painting felt too pale and careful, thick acrylic paint and a playful experiment helped them begin to bloom again.
Surrealism Begins with Curiosity
Surrealism begins with curiosity. In this post, I share the story behind Inner Cosmos, a large mixed media painting built with layers of paint, pastel, gold, texture, and intuition.
I reflect on experimentation, knowing when to stop, and the hidden inner worlds that may float inside the same endless cosmic sea.
What Is an Inner Cosmos?
What is an inner cosmos? In this post, I reflect on the cosmos as both an outer universe and an inner world of dreams, symbols, memory and colour. Featuring my unfinished painting The Deer Constellation (Peuratähtikuvio), where two deer look up at a constellation inspired by the Big Dipper.
Art With Me: A Small Coloring Experiment
A small Art With Me experiment: I turned my original painting series The Cosmic Deer Herd into free printable coloring pages. Download the mini-book, choose your own colors and create your own cosmic version.
Botanical Printing: Letting Nature Begin the Painting
A quiet outdoor painting process with flowering branches, color, gold, texture, and the first marks of nature on canvas. Art process video showing bird cherry branches placed on a large canvas, layers of fabric spray paint, acrylic colors, golden ink splashes, handmade textures, and the final botanical printed background after the branches are removed.
When Nature Becomes Part of the Painting
A short reflection on using fern leaf botanical printing to bring new movement, texture, and inspiration into an unfinished raven painting.
A Dream Becoming Real: Seeing My Artwork in the Biennale Catalogue
A personal artist moment: seeing my Cosmic Deer Herd artwork in the Riga Contemporary Surrealism Biennale 2026 catalogue and virtual exhibition, and feeling a long-time dream become real.
Forget the Blank Canvas Fear — Have fun with the Background
A playful look into my Have Fun Art process — using acrylic markers, pastels, pencils, plant printing, spray paints, inks and whatever inspires the moment to create intuitive painting backgrounds.
The Cosmic Deer Herd on Its Way to Riga!
The Cosmic Deer Herd has begun its journey to Riga Biennale.
For the trip, I found an old aluminium case at a flea market and built the interior by hand so the paintings could travel safely.
It is exciting to see them on their way, but also a little strange. For so long, they have lived here on my wall, and now the room already feels emptier without them.