Cake and boobs

Me and Asko drink a lot of coffee and we like to drink it somewhere nice. One of our favorit coffee houses is the Petris's Chocolate Room in the beautiful Fiskars Village. The cake and chocolate is super delicious! The best in the world in my opinion ;)

Anyway, I started to do this silly series of me eating cake...you can only see the cake and my boobs in the pic, so it's cake and boobs :P

Midsummer 2013

I just spent midsummer in the countryside at my parents summer cabin. There is a lot of "folklore magic" in midsummer. For example when you pick 7 different flowers and put them under your pillow you will see your future husband in your dreams. I used to do that when I was single and never dreamt anything ;) but picking up flowers is always fun and this midsummer I picked up flowers just for decoration. Eating (excellent food by my mom), sauna, swimming and I read my first Wallander crime book (Mördare utan ansikte). Soon I have a longish vacation so hopefully I'll do a lot of painting! :)

Rope photo

Recently I had a nice project with rope artist and photographer Tinttu Henttonen. Tinttu is a famous rope artist in Finland. She has had a 3 year training in Japan for the art form.Tinttu has seeked out various Japanese bondage masters and had training with them, since obviously such a thing as a bondage school does not exist. Bondage is usually considered a bit of a "dirty" art form. When you think of people in ropes, you think of fetish and hostages. Tinttu uses her art in many different ways: In her photos the ropes are often fashionable accessories with the symbolism that we are all "tied up" to something in life. In her rope artist career Tinttu has worked for several fashion shows and other commercial projects. Among others she has done a unique rope outfit for Lady Gaga together with shoe designer Minna Parikka.

Below is the wonderful result of my photoshoot with Tinttu. I was  a bit afraid of getting tied up for a photo, but in Tinttus knowing hands I felt completely relaxed even though we were in a park with several people around. I had a lot of fun working with Tinttu and felt that we are similar creative minds on this planet :)

photo by Tinttu Henttonen

Links:
www.tinttuhenttonen.com
www.facebook.com/KoysitaiteilijaTinttuHenttunen

Library gallery (2)

Below are some pics of my current library gallery. The Vihti library has a very good gallery area at the main entrance. I have a little guest book there and it's already filled with nice feedback from people :)

Here is a link to my library gallery last winter: http://www.nadja-art.blogspot.fi/2012/12/library-gallery-1.html

News article about library gallery

I currently have an exhibition in my local library. I'm really happy about the possibility to display my art in a library. Art galleries charge rent and profits and the library show is free of charge. I have 18 paintings on display from the years 2010 until 2013. Below is little news article about my gallery :) obviously it's in finnish ;)

Alone (painting)

This is a pretty new painting I have been working on for some months. I never knew when it was finished... I just kept splashing more and more paint on it, until one day I decided that it's a finished piece.... I seem to love painting inexpressible face expressions.

Alone (60cm x 80cm, acrylic paint on canvas, year created: 2013)

detail of the painting "Alone"

Cherry stencil framed

I just got a perfect frame for my "Cherry stencil". I love getting my artwork framed! The end result just  makes each piece so much better. For this painting the slightly exaggerated frame is perfect :) 

Volvo Amazon

Here is Askos "new" car. A Volvo Amazon from 1965. Asko is a Volvo Amazon fan and this is his third Amazon.Obviously we had to take some photos of the new car right away. Asko has a new owl tattoo as well so that one is also visible in the first photo. Actually I realized that the tattoo and the reflection in the car window make a nice combination; a dark forest and a spooky owl. I'd like to say that it is on purpose but it's not :/ just a nice coincidence.

Couple photo

Here is an old couple photo of me and Asko. Taken about 4 years ago :) the wig was my inspiration to go blond ;)

Winter swimming

Last winter I tried out ice hole swimming. I never thought I would do it but since my 8 year old nephew went swimming as well, I could not be a sissy and I had to dip in the ice water too ;) Luckily there was sauna afterwards ;) ...and yes, of course I made somebody take a photo of this unusual event! These kind of things need prove!

cold dip in the ice hole...

...and sauna :)

Stencil painting 4

I did another stencil painting. I told you, it was going to be a series ;) I wanted to paint somehow a "swamp woman" in this... from the end result I get a jungle vibe. Well ,close enough to my original plans.

Stencil 4 (50 x 40 cm, acrylic paint on canvas, year created: 2013)

1954

Here is a photo of my grandparents in the summer of 1954. My grandparents were both entrepreneurs. Grandmother made lamp shades and she also had a shop where she sold children's clothing. My grandfather was a photographer and he had his own studio. He was also talented in drawing and painting, but he was so critical with his own work that he threw most of his artwork away. 

Anyway, I wanted to post this photo because I think it's really beautiful and honors my grandparents who have both passed away. 

  

Renewed website 2013

I just renewed my website. I used Twitter Bootstrap to make it. Earlier I had a Flash website, but that was not very user friendly, so I decided to renew the whole thing. During moments like this it's good to be a bit of a geek ;)

http://www.nadja-art.com/index.html

Now I can focus on painting again :) Happy Easter!

Stencil painting 3

Here is the third stencil painting I did. The model for this one is the beautiful Cherry Dee Licious. Cherry is quite the multipersona; she is a burlesque dancer, graphic designer, harbour worker, fashion blogger (Freelancer's Fashion Blog), mother and so much more! I really enjoy reading her creative blog :)

You can see here the reference image for this painting. I'm quite happy how the painting turned out. I wanted to get a sort of "slavic" look to this painting and I think I managed to paint my vision.

Cherry Stencil (Stencil 3):
40cm x 40cm, acrylic paint on canvas, year created: 2013, model: Cherry Dee Licious

Tallinn birthday trip

I just recently had birthday and me and my friends went to celebrate my birthday to lovely Tallinn. I just love Estonia and Tallinn, it's always a pleasure to go there. The country has so much beauty and history that's visible everywhere. I especially like the old town of Tallinn. Below are some silly tourist pics.

A few things I would recommend in Tallinn. I like to eat at www.africankitchen.ee and I love to shop at A.G.A.N.