Erik Creutziger, Mielikuvitusmaisema (Imaginary Landscape), oil on canvas, 200 × 190 cm, 2025
Erik Creutziger
"My inner drive is so strong that I cannot imagine life without painting"
Recollection (Muistuma), 2023, oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm. Photo: Anna Autio
Eveliina Hämäläinen
“Through painting, I can depict life’s slow, endless change”
Tuomo Laakso, Still Life (Two Peacocks), 81 cm x 85 cm, 2021. Photo: Tuomo Laakso
Tuomo Laakso
“Making images is a way to reveal my feelings to myself and to others.”
Markku Arantila, What Else Could I Come Up With, watercolour, 56×76 cm, 2021
Markku Arantila
“As an adult, you can play the games you didn’t know how to play as a child.”
Detail from Ilkka Sariola’s work “Brazen Bull – Kuparisonni”, from the series Dies Irae Drawings, pencil and graphite on paper, 115 × 150 cm, 2020
Ilkka Sariola
“Drawing is thinking in lines”
Detail from Elina Merenmies’s drawing The Trees Are Coming, 2013, ink on handmade paper, 51 × 36 cm
Elina Merenmies
“For me, painting is a miracle.”
Cabinet of Curiosities, detail from installation. Paper, porcelain clay, glass jars, display cabinet, 2019–2020. Photo: Juho Haavisto
Pilvi Ojala
“The world is full of rules, so let art be a place where one can think and act freely.”
Men’s Room, 2019, mixed media on paper, 112 × 114 cm. Private collection. Photo: Jussi Tiainen
Stiina Saaristo
“Through my art, I’m able to process things that are difficult for me.”
Camilla Vuorenmaa, Denim Medium, 2020, mixed media: painting and carving on wood, 115 × 120 cm. Photo: Jussi Tiainen
Camilla Vuorenmaa
“I’ve learned to observe people closely in order to understand what they’re thinking.”
Detail from Kim Somervuori’s work Natural Concrete, 2020, acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 169 × 120 cm
Kim Somervuori
“Every minute you spend working helps you grow.”
Jukka Korkeila
“A world without colour would be a world without light.”
Hannaleena Heiska: Camouflage VIII, 2018 Photo: Jussi Tiainen