Small Revelations 2014
Small Revelations consists of 12 paintings and it was shown first in September 2014 at Galerie Art Room, Helsinki.
After painting the landscapes and nature for couple of years I kind of started to miss characters. I have always loved stories and have wanted to tell stories through my pictures. And with characters it is so much easier...
At that time there was a lot of works, from Finnish and international artists, who photographed miniature plastic figures in different settings constructed of everyday items. I found them very funny and started to play with the perspective and scale myself. I painted quite free and abstract colour first, and then started to add items such as giant trees or animals. And then I added some very small characters, with big noses, very comicbook-like, doing whatever in the middle of the colourfull mess. So much fun, and so much what I personally prefer: a play between drawing and painting, narrative content, humour and/or drama, sharp visual appearance.