Simply amazed

Actually I've been simply amazed about various things lately, 

not to mention the political situation around here... 

Well, it's spring and springs I love.

At the Studio

It's been rainy or foggy for most of the week, 

but today I finally had a chance to wear my 

new spring shoes. Oh how light they were! 

A new painting in progress abowe. Would be 

great to document the painting process more

 carefully but I always seem to get too carried

 away with it to consentrate on anything else.

Busy as a magpie

Signs of spring... Patches of grass on the ground, 

water pouring from the drainpipe, lighter coats 

in town - or your calendar filling up with to-dos

and deadlines. I noticed that someone else in the

 neighbourhood is busy too!

Lambada

2011

acrylic and oil on canvas

about 85 x 160 cm

The Big Nightingale

I finally got my piece of Maija Louekari's design. 

I actually bought that fabric last summer, but it 

took me this long to get my good old sewing machine 

back home from school (as it's mostly made of metal 

it's quite a nice one to carry around in town and 

in the bus...) A dream for the summer would be a long 

curtain of Louekari's print Kaiku - Echo.

Paper birds

2011, tempera and oil on canvas,

about 70 x 120 cm

One of those days

...you just never want to forget!