Yrmeä, pörröinen kissa laiskottelee vaaleanpunaisella tyynyllä ikkunaludalla. Tästä tulee mieleen nykyinen coronavirus, karanteenit ja fyysisten kontaktien vättäminen. Kotoisuutta kuvaan tuovat pelargoniaruukku ja pitsiverhot. Ikkuna on kuitenkin auki, joten kissa voisi milloin tahansa hypätä ulos maailmaan. Kuvan on maalannut Ditz.
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A fluffy grumpy cat is lazing away on a pink cushion on a windowsill. This reminds of course the recent coronavirus pandemic, quarantines and avoidance of any physical contacts. A pot of geranium and lace curtains bring some homeliness to the picture. Still, the window is open, so the cat could jump into the outside world any time she likes. The picture was painted by Ditz.
- ETUSIVU / HOME
- LINOPIIRROKSET 2024 / LINOCUTS 2024
- LINOPIIRROKSET (2023) / LINOCUTS (2023)
- LINOPIIRROKSET (2022) / LINOCUTS (2022)
- LINOPIIRROKSET (2021) / LINOCUTS (2021)
- LINOPIIRROKSET (2020) / LINOCUTS ( 2020)
- LINOPIIRROKSET (ennen 2020) / LINOCUTS (before 2020)
- PISPALA 2024
- PISPALA (2023)
- PISPALA (2022)
- PISPALA (ennen 2022) / (before 2022)
- NÄYTTELYKALENTERI / EXHIBITIONS
- MUUT TAIDETEOKSET / OTHER ART WORKS
- LILLY BERLIN - sarjakuva/ comic strip
- KAUPPA / SHOP
maaliskuuta 30, 2020
maaliskuuta 28, 2020
PÖLLÖ JA KISSA / OWL AND PUSSYCAT
Tässä kuvassa riittää kissoja! Viisi kissaa istuu penkillä ja yksi on pöllön selässä lentämässä. Alaosan maisema (mielessäni Pyynikin luonnonpuiston naköalapaikka), oranssi kuu sekä pöllö ja kissa ovat linopiirroksia. Taivas on pastellipiirros. Keltainen auringonlasku heijastuu järven pintaan. Tämän kuvan koko on 50 x 30 cm.
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There is a lot of cats in this picture! Five cats are sitting on a bench and one cat is flying on the back of an owl. The scene at the bottom (in my mind this is a viewing point in Pyynikki National Park), orange moon as well as owl and cat are linocuts. The sky is a pastel drawing. The yellow moon is reflected on the surface of the lake. The size of this picture is 50 x 30 cm.
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There is a lot of cats in this picture! Five cats are sitting on a bench and one cat is flying on the back of an owl. The scene at the bottom (in my mind this is a viewing point in Pyynikki National Park), orange moon as well as owl and cat are linocuts. The sky is a pastel drawing. The yellow moon is reflected on the surface of the lake. The size of this picture is 50 x 30 cm.
Tunnisteet:
cats,
kissat,
kuu,
linocut,
linografia,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
moon,
owl,
pastel,
pastelli,
pöllö
maaliskuuta 27, 2020
KIPPARI-KAISA / SAILOR CAT
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Sailor Cat is an addition to my series of small linocut cats. Sailor Cat is a female Popeye, of course. On the background there are a pile of ropes, sailor cap and sea. I planned to colour the eyes of the cat yellow, but then I liked the picture more just traditional black and white.
KIPPARI-KAISA - aloitusta / SAILOR CAT -Beginning
Tunnisteet:
cat,
kissa,
linocut,
linografia,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
Mini
maaliskuuta 25, 2020
KIPPARI-KAISA - aloitusta / SAILOR CAT - Beginning
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Linocutting is nice in these pandemic times of coronavirus: lonely, meditative, time consuming, far from the madding world and surely far from physical connections. Photographs of my Facebook or Instagram friends are a never-ending source of inspiration for small cat themed linocuts. I don´t call these plagiarisms, and I have always got a permission to use these photos as subjects for linos. The inspiration for this Sailor Cat lino was Maria Mattila´s photo of a cat called Mini. This 20 x 15 cm picture is now carved.
kuva /photo: Maria Mattila: Mini |
Tunnisteet:
cat,
kissa,
linocut,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
Mini
maaliskuuta 23, 2020
Kissakortti: 354 / Cat Card: 354
Annukka Grönlundin (s. 1941) maalaus "Burn Out" on vuodelta 1996. Suuri keltaraitainen kissa on uupunut. Sen suu on mutrussa, silmäluomet puolitangossa ja nenä punottaa. Korvat ovat kuitenkin pystyssä, ehkä tässä on toivoa paremmista ajoista. Hiirelle tämä kissan burn out kelpaa, saa makoilla rennosti hymyillen kissan pehmeän hännän päällä. Grönlund on vuosia kuulunut Naivistit Iittalassa -näyttelyiden vakitaiteilijoihin.
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Annukka Grönlund's (b. 1941) painting "Burn Out" is from 1996. A large yellow-striped cat is exhausted. Its mouth is downcast, eyelids half closed, and the nose is reddish. Still, the ears are upright, perhaps here is some hope of better times. For the mouse the burn out of the cat is just fine, it can rest casually smiling on the soft tail of the cat. Grönlund has been one of the permanent artists at the Naïve Artists in Iittala exhibitions for many years.
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Annukka Grönlund's (b. 1941) painting "Burn Out" is from 1996. A large yellow-striped cat is exhausted. Its mouth is downcast, eyelids half closed, and the nose is reddish. Still, the ears are upright, perhaps here is some hope of better times. For the mouse the burn out of the cat is just fine, it can rest casually smiling on the soft tail of the cat. Grönlund has been one of the permanent artists at the Naïve Artists in Iittala exhibitions for many years.
maaliskuuta 21, 2020
KARKELOT - SARJA / GALORES SERIES
Karkelot -sarjassani on nyt viisi työtä. Kaikki ovat kooltaan 50 x 30 cm. Kuvissa on yhdistettynä sekä linopiirroksia että pastellitaivasta. Eiköhän tämä sarja ole tässä, ainakin nyt siltä tuntuu. Sarjassa on korrojen, lintujen, korentojen, perhosten ja kissojen karkelot. Linnut ja kissat on jo myyty. Muita ajattelin tarjota ensi kesän Naivistit Iittalassa -näyttelyyn, mutta saa nyt nähdä järjestetäänkö näyttelyä koronaviruspandemian kehittyessä. Talvinäyttely Iittalassa jo suljettiin ennen maaliskuun loppua, jolloin sen piti vasta loppua. Mutta suunnitelmia erilaisten naivististen verkkomarkkinoiden avaamiselle on olemassa ja Naivistit Iittalassa -sivulla onkin jo avautunut laajennettu taideteosten taidelainaamo. Lisää palveluja on tulossa,
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There are now five works in my Galore -series. All of them are sized 50 x 30 cm. Both linocuts and pastel skies are combined in these works. This is the series now, at least I feel like that just now. In this series there are Bugs, Birds, Dragonflies, Butterflies and Cats Galores. Birds and cats are already sold. The rest I planned to offer for the Naïve Artists in Iittala exhibition next summer, but it remains to be seen if the exhibition will be organized due to coronavirus pandemic developments. The Winter exhibition in Iittala was already closed before the end of March when it was supposed to end. But plans for opening of different Naïve Internet markets do exist, and there has opened an extended art loan service in the pages of Naïve Artists in Iittala. More is coming along.
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There are now five works in my Galore -series. All of them are sized 50 x 30 cm. Both linocuts and pastel skies are combined in these works. This is the series now, at least I feel like that just now. In this series there are Bugs, Birds, Dragonflies, Butterflies and Cats Galores. Birds and cats are already sold. The rest I planned to offer for the Naïve Artists in Iittala exhibition next summer, but it remains to be seen if the exhibition will be organized due to coronavirus pandemic developments. The Winter exhibition in Iittala was already closed before the end of March when it was supposed to end. But plans for opening of different Naïve Internet markets do exist, and there has opened an extended art loan service in the pages of Naïve Artists in Iittala. More is coming along.
Tunnisteet:
birds,
bugs,
butterflies,
cats,
dragonflies,
Galores,
Karkelot,
kissat,
korennot,
korrot,
linnut,
linocut,
linografia,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
pastel,
pastelli,
perhoset,
Pispala
maaliskuuta 17, 2020
KATTIEN KANSSA - valmis / WITH CATS - Ready
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My linocut of three cats on the Pispala steps is now printed. It is always nice to inspects the linocuts in its carved and inked stage. Does it separate somehow from the final print which is a mirror image? The size of the picture is 20 x 30 cm.
KATTIEN KANSSA - linolevyt / WITH CATS - Lino Plates
KATTIEN KANSSA PISPALAN PORTAILLA / WITH CATS ON PISPALA STEPS
maaliskuuta 16, 2020
Kissakortti: 353 / Cat Card: 353
Valokuva on vuodelta 1931. Ajankohdan voisi ehkä päätelläkin hauskasta hatusta ja puseron Art Deco -tyylisestä kuvioinnista. Kuvassa poseeraa englantilainen romanttisten romaanien tekijä Elinor Glyn kissoineen (Candice ja Zadig). Kuvan on ottanut englantilainen valokuvaaja Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991). Hän oli erikoistunut kuuluisuuksien ja aikansa julkkisten muotokuviin, ja kuvat heijastivat aina hyvin aikakauttaan. Tässä kuvassa on runsaasti pehmeyttä, vieno hymy ja jonkinlaista uhmakkuutta. Ehkä Glyn näyttää vähät välittävän kriitikoiden nyrpeistä arvioista, jos vain lukijat pitivät hänen romanttisista ja hiukan uskaliaista rakkausromaaneistaan. Olkaa helliä toisillenne!
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This photograph is from 1931. You could perhaps guess the epoch from the funny hat and the Art Deco decoration of the shirt pattern. Elinor Glyn is posing for the photo with her cats Candice and Zadig. She was an English author of romantic novels. The photo was taken by English photographer Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991). He specialized in portraits of famous people and celebrities of their time, and his photos were reflecting nicely their own time. There is a lot of softness, subtle smile and some kind of pride in this picture. Perhaps Glyn seems to care little about the critics' negative ratings if only the public likes her romantic and a bit risque novels. Be gentle to each other!
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This photograph is from 1931. You could perhaps guess the epoch from the funny hat and the Art Deco decoration of the shirt pattern. Elinor Glyn is posing for the photo with her cats Candice and Zadig. She was an English author of romantic novels. The photo was taken by English photographer Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991). He specialized in portraits of famous people and celebrities of their time, and his photos were reflecting nicely their own time. There is a lot of softness, subtle smile and some kind of pride in this picture. Perhaps Glyn seems to care little about the critics' negative ratings if only the public likes her romantic and a bit risque novels. Be gentle to each other!
maaliskuuta 13, 2020
KATTIEN KANSSA - linolevyt / WITH CATS - Lino Plates
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My linocut " With Cats on Pispala Steps" is now carved. The stairs curve to the right - so on the lino plate they are on the left. There came quite a lot of houses on the Pispala ridge, and it was fun to carve again windows, wall panelings, roofs and chimneys. Printing next!
KATTIEN KANSSA PISPALAN PORTAILLA / WITH CATS ON PISPALA STEPS
maaliskuuta 11, 2020
KATTIEN KANSSA PISPALAN PORTAILLA / WITH CATS ON PISPALA STEPS
Enpä tunnu kyllästyvän millään Pispalan portaisiin - ja kissoihin linopiirroksissa. Nyt portaat ilmestyivät kuvan oikealle puolelle ja portailla on peräti kolme kissaa, ehkä äiti ja kaksi poikasta. Pehmeä softcut -levyä on ihana kaivertaa terävillä Pfeil -terillä, homma sujuu kuin leikiten. Kuvan koko tulee olemaan 20 x 30 cm.
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I just seem not to get enough of Pispala steps - and cats in my linocuts. Now the steps appeared on the right side of the picture, and on the steps there are three cats, perhaps the mother and two of he kittens. The soft Softcut plate is lovely to carve with sharp Pfeil cutters, it's just like playing. The size of the picture will be 20 x 30 cm.
maaliskuuta 09, 2020
Kissakortti: 352 / Cat Card: 352
Tämä kissakortti on todella pieni, vain 9 x 7,5 cm. Kolme mustavalkoista kissaa kumartuu katsomaan kuvaansa veden pinnasta. Vai ovatko kissatkin vain kopioita isoimmasta? Taustalla oleva vihreä metsä ja taivaskin pilvineen kopioituvat veteen. Kuvassa on jotenkin surrealistinen, hiukan epätodellinen tunnelma, osaksi varmaan sen takia että kissat ovat valtavan kokoisia. Kuva on saksalaisesta lastenkirjasta "Mit dir sind wir vier" (Sinun kanssasi meitä on neljä). Kuvitus on Almut Gernhardtin (1940-1989) ja teksti Robert Gernhardtin (1937-2006) vuodelta 1976.
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This cat card is really small, only 9 x 7,5 cm. Three black and white cats are bending to see their reflection on the surface of some water. Or are cats only copies of the largest one? The green forest and the sky with clouds are also reflecting on the water. There is a bit surrealistic, unreal mood in the picture, partly perhaps because the cats are huge. The picture is from a German children´s book "Mit dir sind wir vier" (With You We Are Four). The illustration is by Almut Gernhardt (1940-1989) and text by Robert Gernhardt (1937-2006) from 1976.
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This cat card is really small, only 9 x 7,5 cm. Three black and white cats are bending to see their reflection on the surface of some water. Or are cats only copies of the largest one? The green forest and the sky with clouds are also reflecting on the water. There is a bit surrealistic, unreal mood in the picture, partly perhaps because the cats are huge. The picture is from a German children´s book "Mit dir sind wir vier" (With You We Are Four). The illustration is by Almut Gernhardt (1940-1989) and text by Robert Gernhardt (1937-2006) from 1976.
maaliskuuta 06, 2020
KISSOJEN KARKELOT / CATS GALORE
Kissojen karkelot on nyt valmis. Tämä taitaa olla (ainakin niin luulen) viimeinen Karkelot-sarjani työ. Koko on 50 x 30 cm kuten muillakin karkeloilla. Alaosa, kahdeksan kissaa ja kuu ovat linopiirroksia. Kuparinvärisellä kuulla kimmeltää kuparikiillettä.Taivas on tehty pehmeillä PanPastel -väreillä. Taivaasta tulikin aika dramaattinen Pispalan kattojen ylle.
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Cats Galore is now ready. This picture might (at least I think so) be the last one for my series of Galores. The size is 50 x 30 cm as also with the other Galores. The bottom part, eight cats and moon are linocuts. Some copper glitter is glimmering on the copper moon. The sky was done with soft PanPastels. And the sky turned out quite dramatic over the roofs of Pispala.
Kissojen karkelot - aloitusta / Cats Galore - Beginning
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Cats Galore is now ready. This picture might (at least I think so) be the last one for my series of Galores. The size is 50 x 30 cm as also with the other Galores. The bottom part, eight cats and moon are linocuts. Some copper glitter is glimmering on the copper moon. The sky was done with soft PanPastels. And the sky turned out quite dramatic over the roofs of Pispala.
Kissojen karkelot - aloitusta / Cats Galore - Beginning
Tunnisteet:
cats,
kissat,
linocut,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
pastel,
pastelli
maaliskuuta 04, 2020
KISSOJEN KARKELOT - aloitusta / CATS GALORE - Beginning
Vielä on tulossa yksi versio Karkelot-sarjaani. Tässä kuvassa kahdeksan kissaa tanssii taivaalla pronssivärillä vedostetun linokuun ympärillä. Alasosassa on linopiirros Pispalasta portaineen. Ja kissat ovat tietenkin linopiirroksia. Nyt on sitten vuorossa taivaan teko pehmeillä pastelliväreillä.
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There will still be one more for my series of Galores. Eight cats are dancing in this picture around a linocut moon printed with bronze colour. At the bottom there is a linocut of Pispala with its stairs. And the cats are of course linocuts. Now I will just make the sky with soft pastel colours.
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There will still be one more for my series of Galores. Eight cats are dancing in this picture around a linocut moon printed with bronze colour. At the bottom there is a linocut of Pispala with its stairs. And the cats are of course linocuts. Now I will just make the sky with soft pastel colours.
Tunnisteet:
cats,
kissat,
linocut,
linoleikkaus,
linopiirros,
pastel,
pastelli
maaliskuuta 02, 2020
Kissakortti: 351 / Cat Card: 351
Kissa ja nainen ovat avoimella ikkunalla. Nainen pitää kasvojensa edessä kukkakimppua, ja kissallakin on kirjava naama. He tuntuvat kuitenkin olevan jotenkin erillään, yksinäisinä. Kuvassa näkyy monenlaisia kuvioita: verhon kalanruodot, ikkunoiden karmit ja ikkunaluukkujen rimat. Mustavalkoisen valokuvan on ottanut Èdouard Boubat vuonna 1977.
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A cat and a woman are in an open window. The woman is holding a bouguet of flowers in front of her face, and the cat has also a motley face. They seem to be somehow separate and alone. There are many kind of patterns in the picture: The fishbones on the curtain, window frames and the bars of the shutters. This black and white photograph was taken by Èdouard Boubat in 1977.
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A cat and a woman are in an open window. The woman is holding a bouguet of flowers in front of her face, and the cat has also a motley face. They seem to be somehow separate and alone. There are many kind of patterns in the picture: The fishbones on the curtain, window frames and the bars of the shutters. This black and white photograph was taken by Èdouard Boubat in 1977.
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