Mea´s portrait sketch

"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

"Magic Forest"

Oil on linen canvas, 33 x 41cm
2011

stage 4

stage 3

stage 2

Stage 1

Plein air painting in Sipoo

"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

"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

"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

"Submerged"

Oil on linen canvas, 48 x 66 cm
2011

Leaning girl

"Leaning girl"

Oil on linen canvas, 60 x 50 cm
2011

Necklace

"Necklace"

Oil on linen canvas, 57 x 39 cm
2011

Girl with lambs

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

Stormtrooper

"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

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



Closeup shot.

Figurative Paintings 2009-2010 and Plein airs pre 2011

Nooa´s portrait sketch

"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

"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

"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

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

Plein air fun

"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

"Joy ride"

"Young pianist II"

Early bird

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

Dried river

"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

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

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

Almost lunch time

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