To the sauna

"To the sauna"
Oil on linen, 2010

Profile

"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

"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!

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

"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

"Zipper"
2010, Oil on linen canvas



"Bubbles"
2010, Oil on linen canvas

New Plein Air´s

"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

"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

"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

"Daddy´s Girl"

Oil on linen canvas, 33 x 48 cm

2009

New hay

"New Hay"

Oil on canvas, 47 x 105 cm

2009

January in Finland - Plein Airs

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

"Minttu"

37 x 55 cm

2010

Blue dream

"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

"New mask"

100 x 70 cm

2009

"You can not see me"

44 x 70 cm

2009

Sketches

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

Heavy wind

"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

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

"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

"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.