Studies from the archives

Aavetaajuus

Aavetaajuus, 2013

Unissakävelijä

A recent oil painting

Unissakävelijä - The Sleepwalker

Style tests

Style tests for a personal project

Oldies

I made these drawings back in 2008-2009 when I attended visual Arts Education of the Repin institute in Kotka, Finland. The school wasn't in St. Petersburg but the teachers came from the st. Petersburg Art Academy.

Looking at these now it's fun to notice the little instructive drawings the teachers made on the sides of the
works.

Van

Another one. There seems to be some theme forming with these...

truck & dude

Done in ink first, then some photoshop on both.

Animals

I visited the local zoo today to sketch some critters

bikes

More bikes for fun. Mostly ink but I had to use a bit of photoshop this time since I didn't have any white ink to do corrections.

Machines

After reading Akira on my summer holiday I've been drawing vehicles on my spare time. Here's few

Punainen Aamu

Different versions of the same idea

Good day!

Hyvää päivää! / Good day! - Oil on canvas

A shot taken after applying the first layer of paint.

Punainen Aamu osa1

Setting up the exhibition at Tiedostamo 3th of April

Process update

Two days remaining until the opening of my exhibition. I'm pretty busy with the last preparations. Few paintings and drawings need framing, stuff needs to be written and wine needs to be bought.

Some progress shots from my messy workspace :

Painting the swan

The Swan underpainting

Stuff

Punainen Aamu osa 1 - Red Dawn part 1

First blog update on my Red Dawn exhibition project.

The first part of my exhibition series opens at Tiedostamo 4.4.2012. The first exhibition will show process paintings and drawings. Most of the work shown will be preliminary sketches which viewers can comment on and have the chance to influence the look of the second part of the exhibition. The second exhibition will show "the final product" a set of finalized large scale paintings.

I'll post a few process sketches now. More pictures will follow in later posts.

drawings

Some random monsters

Oils

Conquest, War, Famine, Death - Oil on canvas 100 cm x 75cm

I painted this one in late 2011 for a group show. It was fun to do something with real paints after a perioid of working only digitally. I actually might continue this one since there are areas I think could use some additional work.

Sketches from my workplace

Our office has a great view overlooking Helsinki. I sometimes take time to sketch the view.

Night Cruiser

Fully digital this time. Done with Photoshop cs3.

Night Cruiser

Paintings

Some paintings from 2010 and 2011. All are oils on canvas.

Mattokauppa / In Front of the Carpet Shop

Omakuva kirveen kanssa / Self Portrait with an Axe

Uusi vallankumous / New Revolution

Veneretki / Boat Trip