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The second forest cat linocut is a spotted cat sitting on the branch of a tree. The cat is high on the top of the tree. There are an owl flying and and a cloud gliding in the sky.
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Three new works are now in the place of a sold work at Art Pispala gallery on my regular wall by the door. Two black and white linocuts are from my series of Pispala houses. IN the middle is a lino & pastel of Pispala shot tower. I´m so glad and proud that I can keep that kind of "own" wall. THe price is 150 € each and the size of the picture is A4.
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First of my four forest cat linocuts got her hame: Viiru (Stripy) - I guess because of those stripes. For the first time I used printing this linocut my new tool, plastic rolling pin. I bought it at the Haihara yard sale for two euros and filled it with sand - works just fine!
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Cats, an eternal subject! Now I started a series of four forest cats as A4-sized linocuts, which I even might combine as a bigger picture. The meaning is that all the cats are in a tree, on a branch. The first forest cat is lying down on a branch and looking straight ahead. The three has some kind of needles or sharp leaves.
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British cartoonist Rubert Fawcett (b. 1957) has made this card in the style of a comic strip in two frames. He really is hear at the heart of understanding cats. The Truth About Cat´s Purrs. What we hear: "Darling mummy, I love you so much! Please give me one of your beautiful cuddles, purr, purr". What they are saying: "Gimme food now or I´ll go find someone else to feed me and never come back!"
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I printed small linocuts of birds only over the rainbow, like in their own world. I also found the name for this work from a song "Salty Rain" by a group called Eppu Normaali : "The Sun Between the Clouds, the World in Its Own". At the bottom there are two linocuts of Pispala side by side, and the upper side of the picture, clouds and rainbow are linocuts. I almost drove to a ditch couple of days ago while admiring a rainbow like this over Iidesjärvi lake. Perhaps I captured some of that feeling in this picture. This lino & pastel is quite large: 50 x 60 cm.
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When the pastel sky seems to be OK, I place in the sky for a model some small linocut birds, stamps. I arrange the birds only outside the rainbow.
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I popped in the Naïve Artists in Iittala exhibition again when delivering an extra order. I was stuck in the lobby shop, which is full of everything in addition to pictures, cards and tea towels: ceramics, jewelry, wall rug and what else... The exhibition is open till August, 28, 2022.
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Linocut & pastel work of a rainbow gets more colour in the sky with soft pastels. The rainbow needs to be more foggy and soft. In summer I really enjoy tinkering outside on the balcony of the summer cottage, I can hear birds chirping and the wind rustling leaves of the trees. I just enjoy making art!
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In this naïve art painting by Kikka Nyrén (b. 1951) there are almost all typical features for her: a cat, stripy yellowish fur, large eyes and small paws, dark deep blue both in the violets and cat´s eyes and the fun small dots in the background. Yes, and there is also one butterfly in the picture. This picture makes you fell fine, like petting a cat.
