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.