This year I paint women who have lived. Not youth, not ideals, not what a woman is supposed to be. I paint what happens when a woman steps out from under the external gaze and begins to look for herself, directly, with her own enquiring and reflective gaze. I believe that ageing is not disappearing. It is arriving into a...
Hello, and Happy New Year 2026! I've been thinking a lot again about the processes of painting. An empty wooden panel can feel both full of promise and deeply frightening. It's like a quiet room or a space where all possibilities are present, yet nothing has taken shape. But when I paint with oils, I never begin from emptiness. I...
It has once again been a long time since my last blog post. My writing is guided by the need to express, not by a compulsive urge to produce something quickly just for the sake of publishing. I also realize that my need to pause after all the work projects of the past year has been deep and grounding. I...
Organizing an exhibition is always a major undertaking, especially a solo show. In group exhibitions, costs and responsibilities are shared, but in a solo show, the reins rest solely in the hands of the gallerist and the artist. My exhibition at the small window gallery Räyhä in Turku has now come to a happy close, and I've taken a moment...
Hello! Thank you for being here. I warmly invite you to visit my art exhibition I look towards Feminist Statements, opening on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at Gallery Räyhä in Turku.
It is a quiet and peaceful Sunday morning. The wind is blowing outside, and it looks like it will be a cloudy day; a good day to go to the forest to pick blueberries and chanterelles. I am sitting in my art studio at seven o'clock, the coffee maker is bubbling in the background, and I am examining the drying...
September 15 – October 5, 2025 In Turku, at the small but high-quality art gallery Räyhä, a solo exhibition of my eleven oil paintings will open. The exhibition is titled "I look towards Feminist statements." Each piece in the exhibition is painted on thick wooden panels, carefully sanded, primed, and painted with oil colors. The works are...
This is my first blog post in many years, or rather the launch of one. I find that I need a way to talk more freely and in a more narrative way about my everyday art making. To ponder and reflect.