April

Syyskuun puutarha

 

Garden@Fall

Upside down

Patrice choosed a fascinating theme for this week´s DC ( drawing challenge ): Upside down.

Art is often about things that upset, are twisted  - about things that are upside down.

At first Georg Baselitz came to my mind with his bold and strong paintings.

Then I remembered a work called State of Readiness by a sculptor Heli Ryhänen. She is a wonderful artist and  great teacher:)

I have been taking photos of reflections which turn the view upside down.
And I found my "self portrait" ( oil on  metal plate, 2013 ) lying on a shelf - upside down:)

Kielon aika

Lily of the valley and under water faces

Eilen oli sininen taivas:)

BLUE SKY

Yesterday was a bright, sunny day, I enjoyed every minute. 

( Otherwise it has been an exceptionally rainy fall  )

This indie song hasn´t got anything to do with any of this, but it´s great.

Pyöri orava pyöri

syksyn värejä

Colors of September

Värit - nyt / Colors - Now

 The Color of my Love

Well, Vivere est -
Life is exciting and funny sometimes.
I will be an art student in the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences  for the next few years.
I love to learn and I do hope I will.
That means, as well,  that this blog will - among other things - become  a student diary .
I will be studying hard but try to blog as often as possible.
Take care, see you soon,
love Leena

Puutarhassa nyt / Garden Now

In my garden, Tampere, 31.7.2012

Kukoistusta / Blossom

Puutarhassani Tampereella nyt/ In my garden in Tampere 22.7.2012

Tapahtumia

 

.puutarhassa.. ja lähden taas ..

..

Happening in the garden.. and I´ll go to the sea shore again..

see you on Sunday!

Puutarharaportti / Garden Report

 

 

Loma kuplii, kesä tuoksuu, puutarhassa kukkii ihanasti viimeiset syreenit ja iirikset, 

pioneita odotellessa.. 

olen seuraavat viikot merimaisemissa, 

välillä poikkean katsomaan pionien tilannetta.. näkemiin, ystävät!

..

Lovely flowers of iris and  lilacs... I am going to the sea (  on vacation:) but will come back to see the peony blossoms soon.. bye, bye my friends, see you soon!

Valoa puutarhassa

 

 
 Garden views

Maa / Earth

 

  

Here in the North April is the time of year the earth is naked. 

The snow is gone but there is hardly any green to be seen yet.

So I think it is the perfect time for the theme:

EARTH

 .. it is the theme for this week´s  drawing challenge. 

See all the participants via Patrice´s  lovely blog Patrice A.

 

I feel closest to earth when working with clay. 

It gives me the feeling of the eternity and on the other hand keeps me down to earth. 

I think clay is  the most feminine and timeless media in art.

It is strong and fragile at the same time -  and it has got the will of its own as well.. 

In the pictures there can be seen two of my works of clay 

photographed  in the garden. 

 The tiny spots of lichen are almost the only colorful objects in my garden at the moment.

In the middle there is one of my recent wood cuts which has not got any name yet. 

Anyway, it also has got something to do with the earth, water and spring.

And I am sorry, there are - again - no drawings in my post, hope this will do:)

How it works: a host picks a theme. Bloggers who want to join leave a comment saying they are in. 

The following Saturday the drawings are shown on the blogs and the host links to all the participants. 

A new host is also presented for the following week.

...

Huhtikuussa maa on paljaimmillaan. 

Ainoat väriläiskät pihalla ovat jäkälätäplät sammaloituneissa kivissä.

Maa on teemana tämän viikkoisessa piirustushaasteessa. 

Tosin en nyt piirtänyt mitään (taaskaan) mutta kaikki kuvat liittyvät teemaan. 

Kuten aiemminkin olen kirjoittanut blogissani
koen savea työstäessäni  yhteyden maahan ja johonkin ikiaikaiseen. 

Savi on  voimakastahtoinen ja samalla herkkä materiaali, hyvin naisellinen, kuin äiti maa itse.

Keskellä oleva puupiirros on yksi viimeisimmistä töistäni.
Se ei ehkä ole valmiskaan, nimeä sillä ei ainakaan vielä ole, mutta maa-vesi-teemaan se liittyy kuitenkin

Garden Dreaming

My garden is still covered with snow..

 

 

..but in June-July it will look like this,
amazing isn`t it?

 

I am about to finish a big ( 180 x 116cm ) painting PEONY, MY LOVE. 

Cause it is not finished yet I´ll only show  some details of the painting. 

The Peony painting  will be on display in September in a forest/garden exhibit.

The theme of the week is GARDEN. 

Thank you Renilde from the wonderful blog Stroke of the brush! 

See there all the participants of this week´s drawing challenge.