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The egg cat is ready. The surpriced cat hatches from the egg. I colored the bird's egg yellow. A bright orange moon is blazing in the sky and a large flock of small birds, some white and even yellow, are flying by. One big star shines down on the horizon. The sky is soft pastel, everything else is linocuts. The size of the picture is 50 x 30 cm. It got its name from Juice Leskinen's song Schizofrenia: "Truth is an illusion, only an illusion is true".
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Anne Robinson's cat painting is called "Oriental Cat". The winding patterns in the background are perhaps reminiscent of Chinese patterns, clouds and flowers. The cat is a universal figure, soft, head slightly tilted, eyes lowered, but ears alert. I think the technique of the painting could be a pastel drawing, it has a lightness and airiness.
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I already placed a few linocuts of small birds on the pastel sky. Maybe a few more are needed. But I don't want to cover that blue sky completely with birds. I like that atmosphere of the blue sky, threatening and bright at the same time.
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The sky above the egg cat is now blue, soft pastel. In the horizon there is a hint of dark red and darker blue. A yellow light glows around the moon.
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The egg cat is hidden under the cardboard border, which I use to try not to blur the edges of the picture. But in the sky there is now a large orange-colored linocut of the moon.
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A cat hatches from an egg. What big bird's egg is that in the middle of the fields? The picture will be 50 x 30 cm, as long as I come up with something for the sky.
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We still managed to see Sirkkaliisa Virtanen's exhibition at the Koppelo gallery. Real soulful landscapes, like misty forests or beaches. The watercolors now have darker and brighter colors than before, and I like the collages too. Sorry for the reflections in the pictures, Koppelo is flooded with spring light.
"Kissojen 70-luku" on nimeltään tämä Esa Leppäsen maalaus. Esa on taattu naivisti, tuttu mm. Naivistit Iittalassa -näyttelyistä, joissa on mukana myös hänen hauskoja romuveistoksiaan. Tässä kortissa kissojen mielenosoitus vaatii pikkukalaa ja kermaa R-kioskiin. Vaatimus viittaa muinaiseen vaatimukseen saada keskikalja R-kioskiin. Ideaa ajoi 70-luvulla mm. Pahkasika-lehti. Katu perspektiiveineen ja värikkäine taloineen on hienosti kuvattu.
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"Cats' 70s" is the title of this painting by Esa Leppänen. Esa is a guaranteed naive artist, known from the Naivists at Iittala exhibitions, which also include his funny scrap sculptures. In this card, the cats' protest demands small fish and cream at the R-kiosk. The demand refers to the ancient demand to get medium beer at the R-kiosk. The idea was promoted in the 70s by, among others, the Pahkasika humour magazine. The street with its perspective and colorful houses is beautifully depicted.
Tämän työn teosta on juttu myös Naivistit Iittalassa- verkkosivulla: https//naivistit.fi/petokissa
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Done! Color has now been added to both the butterfly wings and the cat's fur. The size of this lino pastel is 50 x 30 cm. Everything else except the pastel sky is linocut. The name of the work came naturally to me, "Tyger" after William Blake's poem Tyger, Tyger!.
There is also a story about this work (in Finnish) on the Naivistit Iittala website: https//naivistit.fi/petokissa
