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Happy Holidays with Video Artwork

Päivi — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:40:51 +0000

This week, I have a video artwork for you. Here’s how the background story goes:Far away in an unknown land there is a crazy chapel. Your imagination is this chapel. When you’re there long enough, you can see anything, and experience anything, and some of it leaves a mark on your heart and thus on […]

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Painting by Programming – Modern Vanitas

Päivi — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:34:38 +0000

Happy Halloween! This year’s Halloween artwork combines painting and programming. This week, I have a video that has excerpts from the artwork I programmed. The program picks four of my paintings at a time and forms a Vanitas-type arrangement with a skull, fallen crown, extinguished candles, and withering flowers – symbols of our transience. The […]

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From Painting to Digital 3D Art – Part 2

Päivi — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 15:15:28 +0000

September is the last month of the grant I received from The Finnish Cultural Foundation. It’s time to show you the final virtual reality artwork and share more about my journey from painting to creating digital 3D art. This week’s video is a sequel to the video “From Painting to Digital 3D Art” which was published […]

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Four Art Mediums – Four Projects in Progress

Päivi — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:23:12 +0000

Many Mediums – Many Versions of Style I am not overly excited about the word “focus.” I have one artistic vision, but I don’t limit art mediums much. I think my style is evident in whatever I do. This year I have allowed myself to stretch even further than before, and embrace the challenges that […]

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Motion Art – Ornamental Land

Päivi — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:14:13 +0000

This week, I have a short video artwork that has motion and sound. It’s been made as a part of the big project that I am working on. I have received a grant for it from The Finnish Cultural Foundation. This is my first video artwork that also has audio. I recorded bird sounds and other […]

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From Painting to Digital 3D Art

Päivi — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:59:52 +0000

This week I have a video that is made for all who love art and love creating art. It’s about my artistic journey from painting to digital 3D art. My new digital creations move and change color on screen and in virtual reality. 3D Art – Watch the Video! I am currently making digital artwork […]

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Designing Cross Stitch Patterns

Päivi — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:41:28 +0000

This week, I have something very different than before: cross stitch! Buy my first commercial design Primavera from my Etsy shop called Needle and Peony! There are two main reasons for designing this pattern. The first is the need for creative play and the second that I couldn’t find anything like this from other designers: […]

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Artist’s Life – Starting New Media Art

Päivi — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:07:12 +0000

This week, I share my latest new media art and thoughts about my career as an artist. This is a sequel to the blog post called Beginner’s Video Art that was published last month. Unstill Still Life – Video Art The video above is my latest artwork “Unstill Still Life.” I have done this largely […]

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Now and Then – Development of Style

Päivi — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:46:10 +0000

I started a grant project in October. The project lasts a year and covers half of my working time. I am making a digital artwork that can be experienced with virtual glasses. This will definitely give a boost for my artistic development, including the style as well. One of the recent practical changes is that […]

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Kaunosielu – Painting and Drawing Sensitivity

Päivi — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:29:07 +0000

Kaunosielu is a Finnish word for which I don’t know an English equivalent. It means a dreamer who loves beauty, but the word has an ironic undertone. This romantic soul, alienated from everyday life, cares little about taking care of practical matters and frequently stops to admire the beauty around her. I’ve been thinking about […]

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Get Creative in Drawing Ornaments!

Päivi — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:02:03 +0000

This month, the focus is on art history. Art history is often talked about in a very serious tone, but let’s examine it through imagination and start by drawing ornaments! Ornament Tells a Story from Childhood It’s fascinating that even if the ornaments are stiff and organized compositions, one can express a whole story. The […]

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Fantastic Watercolor Sceneries

Päivi — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:07:36 +0000

This week, we explore watercolor sceneries. Landscapes have always been an uncomfortable theme for me, but despite that, I consider myself to be some kind of landscape painter. Even this digital watercolor painting is a landscape. Here I mixed the memories of the sunny days of the last fall with the eager wait for the […]

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