Antti Rautiola

First paintings of 2012

2012-01-23T14:06:00.000-08:00

"White shirt"
2012

"Princess in pink"
2012

Here is a couple of new paintings that I just finished.
I hope you like them!
Cheers!

Sunny day II

2011-12-11T13:41:00.000-08:00

"Sunny day II"
38 x 62 cm
Oil on linen canvas
2011

Sunny day & sketch of my younger son

2011-12-09T14:30:00.001-08:00

"Sunny day"
46 x 72 cm
Oil on linen canvas, 2011

Its a snow blizzard outside so I escaped the reality by browsing thru some reference photos from the summer.
I took a bit looser style with this one and used a lot of paint!
Super fun!

"Nap"

I got this 100 years old frame from my mother in law. The frame needed a lot of restoring and I also painted it totally black. It also needed a custom sized canvas that I streched in it.
It was fun experiment to paint directly to already framed canvas.

Babies

2011-12-05T14:55:00.000-08:00

"Babies"
65 x 90 cm
Oil on linen canvas
2011

I just love the challenge to paint multiple figures.
Even I had to repaint all of them maybe a couple of times, I think it was fun go thru with this marathon. :)

New paintings

2011-11-22T02:59:00.001-08:00

"Toy cars"
65 x 75 cm

"Young painter"
70 x 100 cm
2011

Girl with a flower

2011-09-29T02:35:00.001-07:00

I have been super busy with the new born and also in the visual FX work that our company Talvi does.
But finally I found time to push some paint around! I am not sure if this is totally finished, maybe i blur a few edges tomorror.. :)

What do YOU think about it?

HABITARE 2011

2011-09-15T10:52:00.000-07:00

Some of my paintings are displayed in the HABITARE by the gallery Art Clipper

There is also a lot of great finnish artist´s works to be seen like, Rafael Ward,
Silja Selonen , Kuutti Lavonen and many others!
Please, dont miss the change if you are anywhere near Helsinki!

Pink dress

2011-09-13T23:12:00.000-07:00

"Pink dress"
Oil on linen canvas

Dress with flowers

2011-08-13T06:15:00.000-07:00

"Dress with flowers"
Oil on linen canvas
75 x 100

Back in Finland

2011-08-08T12:32:00.001-07:00

Its good be back in Finland and today here was a very windy day. It's not good for landscape painter but i trusted my easy-L easel and piled a couple of big heavy rocks for extra support.
Clouds were passing by super fast and I waited until I saw these wonderful cumulus clouds.

Art in the open 2011 group exhibition

2011-08-01T11:34:00.001-07:00

There was a long queue outside of the Greenacres Gallery. I think everyone from Wexford town entered the show!

Grand!

Tony and David.

John Dinan checking out the works of David Diaz and Marsha Savage.

Time for speeches.
Mayor of Wexford and Neil O´Keeffe.

Marsha Savage, she did those excellent pastels on the left!

Paul O´Kane, The Flute Player

John Dinan, Jimmy´s drum. Sold.

Keith Thomson, Main Street In The Rain, Wexford.

Paul Maloney´s painting in the middle.

My paintings.

Finally it's was time to enjoy all the great paintings that had been painted only in these few days. It doesnt get more contemporary then this!
Greenacres was fully packed with beautiful people and paintings.
Congratulations for all the winners!
Special thanks for Tony Robinson and Neil O´Keeffe for making this excellent event possible.

ps. check out the full list of registered Artists:
IN HERE

Art In The Open 2011 Sunday update

2011-07-31T09:22:00.001-07:00

I painted these old castle ruins in the morning.
Then I went to check out plein air demonstration by David Diaz.
Here is some work in progress photos.

Thank you David. We learned a lot!
It actually turned out to be sunny and warm day, right after the demo. :)

Art In The Open 2011 saturday update

2011-07-30T11:40:00.001-07:00

It's been fantastic!

We practically invaded Wexford today and we had this 2 hour speed painting competition.
I got lucky and even got some help from the young artists.
Thank you Ethan and Michael!

Don Maier did this excellent painting.

Paul Maloney painted a lot of these wonderful street scenes.

David Diaz painting, Kilmore Quay.

Art in the open 2011

2011-07-28T01:29:00.001-07:00

Wexford is such a beautiful location with plenty of painting subjects!

Today we are heading to Kilmore Quay to do some plein air painting. I am really looking forward to meet a lot of artists!

I am off to Ireland

2011-07-26T12:37:00.000-07:00

I painted this nice little brook today,
just to see if I need anything else,
because tomorror morning I´ll be off to
Ireland's Festival of Plein Air Painting!! Super cool!

Check it out:
http://www.artintheopen.org/

I try to post as much as possible during the event!

ITS A BOY!

2011-07-13T23:28:00.001-07:00

"Junior"
2011

Our third child was on born on last friday.
I just had to paint a portrait of him as soon as we got home.
We could not be happier!

Morning swim

2011-06-29T14:01:00.001-07:00

"Morning swim"
70 x 87 cm
Oil on linen 2011

Summer evening

2011-06-07T12:29:00.001-07:00

Secret door

2011-06-06T11:51:00.001-07:00

"Secret door"
Oil on canvas, 2011

I tought that i get serious for a change and took a bit bigger canvas.
Plan A was to scram as much detail in the foliage as possible. I think I got what I wanted.
Plan B was to paint the blossoming apple tree right next to this place, but I do that tomorrow since this took me the whole day.

Laundry day

2011-06-05T23:08:00.001-07:00

I did some laundry in the morning. Great day to paint!

Changing weather

2011-06-05T09:51:00.001-07:00

Vacation

2011-06-03T10:49:00.001-07:00

I am on my vacation for a week and hopefully the weather allows me to paint every day.Here is today's effort.

PleinAir painting in Rekola

2011-05-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

Today I painted a couple of pleinairs after work.

Now I am trying to get this mobile upload to work.. :)

In the beginning stages..

New day

2011-05-24T14:03:00.000-07:00

"New day"
Oil on linen canvas, 60 x 40 cm
2011

Plein air painting with the guys

2011-05-22T06:28:00.000-07:00

"Stones"
Oil on linen canvas, 32 x 55 cm.
2011

Arto painting and listening to Chopin.

The final inspection on my painting.

Guys making the finishing touches.

Pigtails

2011-05-19T12:37:00.001-07:00

"Pigtails"
Oil on linen canvas, 61 x 46 cm
2011

Today I just had to paint something, anything, on any surface.

So I demolished the painting I started earlier by just painting on top of that.
Usually I dont re-use canvases, but the paint was still wet and it worked out allright tehnically.

I am also looking foward of tomorrow´s painting trip with Mauri and Arto.

Mea´s portrait sketch

2011-05-14T12:08:00.001-07:00

"Mea´s portrait sketch"
Oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm
2011

We did this portrait sketch of my daughter.
She painted the background herself with very vivid colors!
We had super fun!

Magic forest

2011-05-12T12:29:00.000-07:00

"Magic Forest"

Oil on linen canvas, 33 x 41cm
2011

stage 4

stage 3

stage 2

Stage 1

Plein air painting in Sipoo

2011-04-25T02:41:00.000-07:00

"April snow"
Oil on canvas, 2011

Step into my office. :)
Panorama picture is taken with iphones 360 software.
Mauri is making the final touches on his pastel work.
Click here to check it out

Work in progress.. almost at the final stage and also my trusted Easy L easel.

500 Paintings

2011-04-18T10:39:00.001-07:00

"Flood"

"Ravine"

"Sun bath"

This one took some serious hit during the transportation.
Maybe i finish it someday...It looks kind of arty anyways.

Arto painting.

Here you can see how wonderful day it was
to be out there with the children.
I am on the far right finishing up my painting
with my daughter. She painted the foreground leafs. :)

Me and my family shared a great adventure with Arto´s family.
We went to the beautiful Nuuksio National Park.
Our kids just loved all the playing and climbing possibilities
that the place has to offer. While our beloved wifes grilled the food,
me and Arto did the plein air painting.
By the way, now I have officially painted 500 paintings. Whooe!

Spring

2011-04-15T05:59:00.001-07:00

"Spring"
Oil on linen canvas, 2011

I was painting with Mauri yesterday and it was a nice and warm weather.
Unfortunately sun did not shine, but I hope that we have better luck tomorrow.
Snow is melting super rapidly here in Finland and we have to try to paint as much as possible before its all gone.
To check out Mauri´s pastel click here.

Submerged

2011-04-04T13:16:00.000-07:00

"Submerged"

Oil on linen canvas, 48 x 66 cm
2011

Leaning girl

2011-03-28T06:40:00.000-07:00

"Leaning girl"

Oil on linen canvas, 60 x 50 cm
2011

Necklace

2011-03-24T13:45:00.000-07:00

"Necklace"

Oil on linen canvas, 57 x 39 cm
2011

Girl with lambs

2011-03-07T14:31:00.001-08:00

"Girl with lambs"
62 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas 2011

Stormtrooper

2011-02-25T09:18:00.000-08:00

"Stormtrooper"
36 x 57 cm
Oil on canvas, 2011

I have always been a huge fan of Star Wars and I just love all the design that goes with it.

Silver Horse

2011-02-12T13:15:00.000-08:00

"Silver Horse"
Oil on linen canvas
60 x 95 cm, 2011

Closeup shot.

Figurative Paintings 2009-2010 and Plein airs pre 2011

2011-02-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

Nooa´s portrait sketch

2011-01-28T15:46:00.000-08:00

"Nooa"
Oil on canvas, 2011

Mea painting some brilliant color bars.

I did this portrait sketch of my son, but I can not take the all of the credit because I got a lot of help from my lovely children!
Nooa painted his right ear and some of the background.
Mea made those beautiful color bars in the middle part of the painting.
She just loved the new brushes I bought from London.
We had super fun!

Tugboats

2011-01-11T14:34:00.000-08:00

"Tugboats"
38 x 60, Oil on linen canvas
2011

I walk past these boats almost every day and there is something really apealing in their rugged looks, I guess they are silently being very proud.
Just to mention that I had also the pleasure of meeting the crew last summer when i was doing plein air painting about the "Protector".

New stuff

2011-01-08T13:02:00.000-08:00

"Carpenter"

Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm
2011

"Pose"
Oil on canvas, 50 x 35 cm
2011

Here is a couple of new paintings that i wrapped up.
I was actually planning to do some pleinair painting, but I got this damned flu.
Maybe i continue these tomorror, but now I need a break from these to be able to make any kind of judgement. :)

Bedtime story

2011-01-04T14:13:00.000-08:00

"Bedtime story"
Oil on canvas
36 x 53 cm
2011

Plein air fun

2011-01-03T14:45:00.000-08:00

"Abandoned houses"
2011

We had super fun painting at this nearby location with my friends.
There was plenty of abandoned houses in this old factory area.
Day was cold and windy, but definately worth the visit.

In the beginning stage..

My painting companions, Mauri and Arto.
Please check out the final vesion of Artos painting on his blog :)
Arto´s blog

New paintings

2010-12-02T13:04:00.001-08:00

"Joy ride"

"Young pianist II"

Early bird

2010-11-23T12:12:00.000-08:00

"Early bird"
Oil on canvas, 2010
38 x 52 cm

Dried river

2010-11-16T10:20:00.000-08:00

"Dried River"
2010

I painted this a while ago. Then it was really dry and still quite warm.
Now the temperatures are starting to drop and we are rapidly heading into the "real" winter kind of weather. I am looking foward to see some snow covered landscapes soon.
Its always a super fun challenge to do the seasons very first snow painting.

Bulevardi 7 - Gallen-Kallela and Simberg exhibition

2010-11-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

Gallen-Kallela and Simberg exhibition
on Bulevardi 7
12.11.-5.12.

If you happen to be anywhere near the vicinity of Helsinki, I suggest you check out this rare collection of works by these great Finnish painters.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 – 1931)
Hugo Simberg (1873 - 1917)

Gallery was totally packed.

For everyones suprise - The painter himself gave us a visit!
Just kidding, the gentleman here is actually well known Finnish actor.

And because i havent posted anything since my harddrive melted
here is a few works in progress shots.

Plaster carving

2010-08-30T17:35:00.000-07:00

I had this wonderfull idea that i could start sculpting marble.. Well a nice block of carrara statuario costs like 2000 spacebucks and so i decided i start with something more cheaper, because i have never sculpted before.
Plaster is super easy to mix and it hardens really fast.
Like in these two, the mold was a bucket and the plaster set like within 2 hours.
I also got a couple of nice claw chisels to feel like Michelangelo himself.
Actually the fine sculpting is made with a flat screwdriver in the need of a better tool. :)

Here is the first attempt. Its supposed to be an old guy with the mustache.

Resting trees

2010-08-13T14:19:00.000-07:00

Almost lunch time

2010-08-04T23:09:00.000-07:00

"Almost lunch time"
37 x 62 cm
Oil on cavas, 2010

Work in progress

2010-07-30T09:52:00.000-07:00

"Enigma"
70 x 78 cm
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

That was fun! Its finally finished. :D

I felt that I needed a brake, so I was off to do some
plein air painting in the nearby forest with my friend.
Hopefully I finish the background soon, maybe even today. :)

Stage5:
I am not out of the woods yet, but I am glad to see the overall figure taking its form :D

Stage4:
I feel that the hands are equally important as the face to communicate the idea to the viewer.
Still a lot of work to be done. Final size of the painting will be about 75 x 80 cm.

Stage3:
I am still andvancing really slow with this. Tendancy to just splash the paint around randomly to see the whole is huge, I do try to resist the impulse because it would be of course unwise to do mindless strokes. And its also fun to mix a new color for every stroke.

Stage2:

I am slowly working down the head and try to keep the overall composition and the value structure intact. These skin tones will not be the lightest ones in the painting.
Plenty of glare in the photo, but I hope you dont mind. :D

I just started this new studio painting. This painting requires very delicate brushwork because of the subject matter and i am really slowly building up the forms. I have allready spent like 4 hours to get it at this stage. No rush.. :)

Plein air painting in Helsinki

2010-07-28T03:32:00.000-07:00

The mermaid and the crocodile

2010-07-27T08:47:00.001-07:00

"The mermaid and the crocodile"
81 x 115 cm
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

I am back home from the holidays. It was so sweet to visit Norway and spend time on the summer cabin. Nevertheless, I was really anxious to get back in the studio to paint on a larger canvas with big brushes. It was super fun to paint all those ripples.

Progress of a painting

2010-07-07T11:23:00.000-07:00

stage 8
Final,
"Girl with dolls"
70 x 115 cm
Oil on linen canvas

I still might do some touch ups in it, but now i need a break to see it with fresh eyes.
Anyways, i declare it final untill i change it :)

stage 7
There is still a lot of glare and its hard to take a good picture with mobile phone.

stage 6
Thats it for today. Tomorrow i will continue my efforts to turn this into a painting :)

stage 5

stage 4

stage 3

stage 2

stage 1

I just started this new studio painting.
But first i had to build an studio easel to accomodate the rather large canvas.
idea was that i post here pictures, so you can participate in the progress and of course tell me if I make a mistake ;)
Stay tuned.

Hot sand

2010-07-05T04:19:00.000-07:00

rocks on the shore

2010-07-05T01:35:00.000-07:00

Small waves

2010-07-04T01:57:00.000-07:00

Its an wonderfull day today. Lovely breeze kept the insects away and i could focus on throwing the paint on canvas. Only problem was that i forgot my brushes and i had to resort the only one i could found from the bottom of the bag. I keep it there if something like this happens. The brush itself is an super-basic-pighair-medium-sized-whatever-brush. :)

Sunny shore

2010-07-03T09:33:00.000-07:00

Shallow water

2010-07-02T09:04:00.000-07:00

Nightless night

2010-07-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

I love this time of the year here in Finland. You can basically paint plein airs around the clock!

Lake Keitele

2010-06-30T13:07:00.000-07:00

lonely rock

2010-06-30T03:28:00.000-07:00

Its very windy day today, kind of a bad for a landscape painting, but the waves are beautifull. :D

Reflecting sun

2010-06-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

"Reflecting sun"

They say that Van Gogh cut his ear off because he could not paint the sun.
Even I knew the risks, I though i give it a shot :)

Boat

2010-06-28T02:31:00.000-07:00

Here is this small boat we have at the shore. Its an beautifull sunny day today :)

summer vacation

2010-06-27T08:26:00.001-07:00

Here is some lovely roses we have at the summer cabin.
I am on my summer vacation and I try to do these mobile uploads as much as possible,

City of angels

2010-06-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

"City of angels"

70 x 115 cm
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

New dress

2010-06-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

"New Dress"

115 x 80 cm
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

This canvas is a lot bigger that i normally use.
Never the less it was super fun to throw the paint around with the biggest brushes available... well i didnt resort to the house painting ones. Yet. :)

Here is the shot from the beginning:

Harvest

2010-06-18T13:41:00.000-07:00

"Harvest"

100 x 70cm, 2010

This was a quite a challenge value wise. I did had super fun to paint all that foliage. :)

Young pianist

2010-06-13T08:13:00.000-07:00

"Young pianist"
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

Still life - Fresh Apples

2010-06-03T13:42:00.000-07:00

"Fresh Apples"
2010, oil on linen canvas

I felt like painting something simple in the form and in the color.
And also under the natural eavning light.
So here it is - fresh apples, just for you!

New and old plein airs

2010-05-31T12:34:00.001-07:00

Ponytail

2010-05-10T13:05:00.001-07:00

"Ponytail"
Oil on canvas, 45 x 69 cm
2010

I was painting today with my daughter.
She painted with water colors and created a pile of works.
I only managed to paint this one.
We had fun. :D

Catch

2010-05-08T23:22:00.000-07:00

"Catch"
Oil on linen canvas
65x97 cm 2010

Susan Lyon Figure Drawing Video´s

2010-05-07T02:57:00.000-07:00

There is a couple of new videos available from Scott Burdick and Susan Lyon.

I bought the videos of Susan yesterday and i have to say that they are marvelous drawing lessons. I highly recommend these and they are definately worth the money. You also get access to download them instantly.
Susan tells, in a really beautifull calm voice, the thought and measuring process behind her drawings.
She also goes thru the materials and tools used.
Mostly she shows you how to use the pastels (pens also) and charcoals for quick sketches.
I think these are great examples of simplifying the design and keeping the values in order.
I also believe that even those of you who have done a lot of drawing can get a lot out of these.

Check out the trailer from here:
Promo
Order from:
Susan Lyon

Shore of the lake Keitele

2010-05-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

Another rainy day is melting the final ice coat of this lake. We saw a few swans in the morning aswell. Too bad they didnt stick around to pose for me :)

Kids were also as encouraging as ever. "Daddy, what colors do you have..add some pink in there". Well i did. And some of the rocks actually are that way.

storm is on the way

2010-05-01T07:18:00.000-07:00

Its been a super good day. We are here at the summer cabin with my family. Our kids were collecting stones and stuff from the beach. I allready have alot of stones so i thought that i paint this beautifull vista, despite the rain. These are actually the same views that the great finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela used to paint.

Play

2010-04-22T07:07:00.000-07:00

"Play"
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

To the sauna

2010-04-10T02:46:00.000-07:00

"To the sauna"
Oil on linen, 2010

Profile

2010-03-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

"Profile"
70x110cm
2010

This is basically painted with the effort of the whole family. I just painted the face :)
Kids used charcoals and watercolors to do the rest. It is amazing how fast all the dinosaurs and vulcanos took their forms, there might be also race cars and skycrapers too in the picture.
We had super fun! :D

Spring is coming

2010-03-27T01:52:00.000-07:00

"Spring is coming II"
Oil on linen canvas, 2010

I took a day off from work yesterday and we went to this beautiful location nearby.
We were of course doing plein air painting with my friend, Mauri.
We really enjoyed the great weather and the nature. Snow is melting rapidly and one could really feel that the summer is near.

Gallery Opening!

2010-03-12T06:27:00.001-08:00

My one man show started yesterday and it was amazing!
I met so many wonderful people and I want to thank everyone who was able to participate.

Exhibition is open till the 28th of march in Bulevardi 7.

Here is Jarmo Haapalainen, the gallerist and I am on the right, the happiest guy on the planet.

The gallery was packed full with gorgeous guests.

New paintings and one snow sculpture

2010-03-10T08:08:00.001-08:00

"Spring is coming"
2010

"Glimpse"
2010

Just for the record, I only painted the face and the kids took care of the rest with charcoal and with watercolors.

And here is one of the life size snow sculptures I made with the kids.
3 other didnt survive the "re-modeling" :)
We had super fun!

New Paintings

2010-03-02T05:19:00.001-08:00

"Zipper"
2010, Oil on linen canvas

"Bubbles"
2010, Oil on linen canvas

New Plein Air´s

2010-02-14T09:28:00.000-08:00

"Floating Ice"
Oil on Linen canvas, 2010

" -20 Degrees of celsius"
Oil on Linen canvas, 2010

Its super fun to paint even it gets pretty cold at some point.
Paints start to freeze and stuff..
My fellow painter went even further, he was doing charcoal drawings with his bare hands. Thats the right attitude and takes a lot of mental discipline.
The first one is finished like an hour ago, weather was like made for the landscape painting today. :)

Mother´s Pearls

2010-02-11T00:53:00.000-08:00

"Mother´s Pearls"
Oil on canvas
2010

My One-Man show is coming up really fast.
I got only one week to wrap up the paintings.
It will be held:

11.-28.3.2010
Galleria Bulevardi 7
Bulevardi 7, Helsinki

I am really looking foward to it :D

Reflections

2010-02-06T11:56:00.000-08:00

"Reflections"

Oil on canvas

2010

I totally forgot my solvents at home and this is mostly, like 98%, a palette knife painting.

Daddy´s girl

2010-01-14T15:13:00.000-08:00

"Daddy´s Girl"

Oil on linen canvas, 33 x 48 cm

2009

New hay

2010-01-11T18:04:00.001-08:00

"New Hay"

Oil on canvas, 47 x 105 cm

2009

January in Finland - Plein Airs

2010-01-11T08:46:00.001-08:00

Unnamed works, about 24 x 30 cm, Oils on canvases.

Its super fun to paint in here even its so cold.

I almost dropped to the river through the ice yesterday,

but luckily i didnt get wet and managed to paint the two last ones :D

Here is the making of shot of the first one:

Minttu

2010-01-07T21:57:00.001-08:00

"Minttu"

37 x 55 cm

2010

Blue dream

2009-12-28T16:31:00.001-08:00

"Blue dream"

60 x 110 cm

2009

Wheee, its done. Finally.

It was quite exhausting (mentally) to paint this within 2 days just to keep the paint wet.

BUT it surely was a super fun challenge never the less.

Its based on a few photographs i took from my little angels.

It was a privilege to paint this.

And here is a closeup shot:

New paintings

2009-12-27T10:28:00.000-08:00

"New mask"

100 x 70 cm

2009

"You can not see me"

44 x 70 cm

2009

Sketches

2009-12-10T15:03:00.000-08:00

I have been on this flu thats going around. Finally i felt strong enough to do something fun :)

Heavy wind

2009-11-15T07:02:00.001-08:00

"Heavy wind"
2009

It was a nice and windy day today. Good day to put the new easel into windtest.
We were painting on the shores of Helsinki.

"Nocturne Trees"
2009

I almost forgot to post this painting that i painted a few nights ago.
Its funny what kind of color harmonies can occure when you are only using a led based headlamp in the middle of the night.
Its fun and spooky, of course. :D

NEW EASEL!! EASyL Versa by Artwork Essentials

2009-11-12T07:45:00.000-08:00

What an happy day!
I just got this new plein air easel. I could not be more happier about it!
Its sturdy and very solid in design. In this case it was a huge benefit that it is really fast to assemble.
I added a piece of glass and the grey paper on the bottom of it to have this glass pallette that i have been wanting to have for a while.
I only had like 30 minutes on the spot before the darkness fell, thats why the painting looks so sketchy. I had super fun!

I am also glad that they do ship these easels internationally. Find out more from
http://www.artworkessentials.com/

Blossoms

2009-11-07T14:41:00.001-08:00

"Blossoms"
Oil on canvas
2009

I bought these flowers to my dear wife a week ago.
It seemed like a nice subject to paint. Flowers always have such a nice variation in edges.

SNOW!! Finally

2009-11-07T03:03:00.001-08:00

"Nuoska"
Oil on linen canvas, 23 x 31 cm
2009

Nuoska is finnish word for the snow that is really wet.
It was a beautiful day and i really enjoyed the silence in there.

Lego Train

2009-11-04T08:51:00.001-08:00

"Lego Train"

Oil on linen canvas, 75 x 104 cm
2009

This is one of the largest work so far.
It took me a quite a many days and nights to finish this painting.
There is some glare on the canvas, but i post a better picture later on.
It just started to snow. I do wish to do some plein air painting before it melts away :)

The Dynamic Duo

2009-10-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

"The Dynamic Duo"
Oil on linen canvas, 40 x 66 cm
2009

We had this halloween party and our kids we dressed up as an batman and as a little bat.
This painting is based on a few blurry photographs and pure inventions of stuff.

Work in progress closeup:

I got couple of new books today, Sorolla´s and Leyendecker´s books. Those masters really created a lot of awesome paintings and i just had to paint something after reading those books.

Amazon links:
J.C. Leyendecker
Joaquin Sorolla

King of the Hill

2009-10-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

"King of the Hill"
Oil on linen canvas, 27 x 50 cm
2009

In this one i really tried to push the colors.
Every master whom i admire (John Sargent, Richard Schmid, Anders Zorn..) has said that you should be sure about your strokes and that those should be put down
with total degree of certainty.
Basic principle was that the laid stroke was the permanent stroke.
Its mentally (for my brains) really hard to paint this way and also the reason i love it.
This is the first time i didnt actually scrape off anything. Lets call it luck. :D
But anyways it sure was super fun to see it unfold.

Here is one work-in-progress shot