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"Two Cats" is the name of this painting by Z. Szalowska. A black and white & striped cat are staring at the viewer a bit stern looking, another one with yellow and another with blue eyes. The picture reminds me of Henri Rousseau´s paintings with its lush plant leaves. The atmosphere of the picture is rather mystic and threatening, even the sky strange pink.
Näyttelykierroksen jälkeen on ihan pakko poiketa piirakalle väentuvan kahvioon, ja siellähän onkin hyviä valokuvia Haiharan nukketeatterin nukeista kuten syksyn esityksen kissasta.
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Pirkka-Hämeen kuvataiteilijat ry's art exhibition is at Talli building in Haihara Art Center. There are works of about thirty artists and just as many styles - so something for everyone. I took fancy to the sculptures, which were done with many techniques. Hannu Hirsivuori's wooden sculptures are full of tiny details and moving parts. Take a magnifying glass along! Erkki Keihäs' burl sculptures make you take a breath, and now also his large painting of a bear playing cello is on the wall. "Pentti LInkola Is Holding a Snowball" is Ari Lemetti's big painting.
After the exhibition tour it is just a must to pop in for a slice of pie at the café in the old staff building, and hey there are some fine photographs of the puppets of the Haihara Puppet Theatre like this cat in the autumn show.
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"Three Paths" is a group exhibition of three experienced artists at the main building of Haihara Art Center: Anna Alapuro (b. 1953), Satu Syrjänen (b. 1953) ja Marja-Liisa Torniainen (b. 1953). Three times 70th anniversary celebration! Torniainen paints pictures (oil and watercolour), and her large paintings of swimming pools remind me of David Hockney. Her big green "March" painting there are a thousand beautiful green hues. Syrjänen's works are stoneware ceramics, and the technique looks so difficult. Objects or sculptures are full of holes and curving shapes. Alapuro is a graphic artists, and I just took a fancy to her series of tents, different colours, the technique is carborundum and rolling. You can really say that this exhibition is masterly - full of female energy!
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When visiting Interi's summer shop the back room there is worth a visit, because there are Niina Osagie's art exhibition. Large pictures are acrylic paintings, but there are also some added metal for the shine. And these bird-themed paintings really are glimmering fine against the dark log walls. Magical, photos are not really doing justice to these.
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Three of my small framed linocuts at Interi's summer shop from my wall had been sold. So I took more small linocuts for the wall, and at the same time a box of small linocuts in 20 x 20 cm passpartouts. There are still enough cards and tea towels. The shop is full of charming craft art: wood, glass, metal, fabric and yarn.
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I continued making Northern lights in the pastel sky. And it really seemed to be a hard job. There came changes and more changes, more light, more dark, more red, more blue, and what really is that green hue of the Northern lights. I was almost at the brink of giving up at some point, but it might become still something. Continuing....
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A new quite large (50 x 60 cm) mixed media work is at the beginning. The bottom is filled with a linocut of the Pispala ridge with its shot tower. But now I start working on the pastel sky. In the middle of summer heat I plan to make some Northern lights which we saw in the spring winter even here in the Southern Finland.
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Esa Leppäsen linopiirros / Esa Leppänen's linocut |
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"White Cat with Black" is called this textile work by Marjory Warren. Marjory Warren is known from her women´s clothes and textile shops. But she has also made textile art. In this work different patterned and coloured pieces of textile have been combined finely to a picture of a cat lying among pillows on a sofa. The black and white pattern of the cat is clearly and beautifully lined from the flowers in the background.
Poikkesimme myös vanhan puukoulun lähellä olevaan kylätalon näyttelyyn, jossa on esillä mm. Raxu Helmisen mestarillisia gelli-printtejä. Niiden teosta oli tosi mielenkiintoista kuulla, taisin itsekin saada monta vinkkiä tai ideaa.
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We stopped also at Kylätalo beside the old school building and saw there Raxu Helminen´s masterly Gelli prints. It was really interesting to hear about making them, I might myself got several hints and ideas.
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Raxu Helminen |
