A lot of snow - finally :D

"Tucked in"
21x41 cm
Oil on canvas
2009

"Under the bridge"
25x58cm
Oil on canvas
2009

The second one is painted today and we had a great trip with my friend, Mauri.
You can see a glimpse of him in this work-in-progress shot.
We started to paint when it was raining and soon the rain turned into a snow. I also had a temporary breakdown on my easel, so i finished the painting by having it resting on the snow.
It was a bit weird experiment, but we sure had fun!

The Button

The Button

Oil on canvas 37x26cm
2009

This was a very challenging painting to do. Because I intentionally made it quite high key to have a gentle feeling into it. Its made from a photo, my angels dont stay still more than few seconds at a time :D

New stuff

SnowBlizard
Floating Ice
Fire In The Oven
Frozen Ditch
Frozen River

Xmas Vacation

Happy New Year! I was on my christmas vacation and managed to paint 6 new pieces. Here is one of them. It was nice that there were a lot of snow in northern parts of the Finland.
I post more pictures later on. Now i gotta go to paint some more! :)

Unicorn

Unicorn - Video
Coming soon..

The Boy - quick sketch

http://www.anttirautiola.fi/video.html
Check it out!

Frosted River

Oil on linen canvas
11 x 18 inches, 27 x 46 cm
2008

It was a bit rainy today, but i wanted to paint this before all the snow is gone.
I would have taken this propably a bit further, but it became so dark that found it difficult to even get out of the forest.
It sure was fun :D

Portrait Of The Girl Video Now Available

Its now available on my homepage. Under videos :)

Video

Portrait Of The Girl

I just wrapped up shooting my first alla prima oil painting video.
Coming very soon.

Nocturne: First Snow

Every plein air painter seems to be doing nocturnes, so I tought whatta hey, lets give it a shot.
This is painted in a total darkness only in the light of the headlamp. It was a very nice experience and luckily it rained some snow today and it enhanced the overall brilliance of the scenery.

Rolling River

Oil on linen canvas

New Plein-Aires

A Small Ditch



The Old Log


The Leaning Log


These are all painted in plein air. In the first two the raining was really intense, but my new pochade box hold the canvas dry quite nicely.
All are Oil on linen canvas.

The Big Wave

I painted these waves in Porkkala, Finland, just before it got too stormy.
It was a very windy day and the reason i chose to paint in there was of course - the big waves.
I waited a few weeks to have the windiest day possible. Easel fell down a few times, rain soaked the canvas, but i sure had fun. :)

The Big Wave
Oil on linen canvas