Works in process.

I have my first ever solo show coming up next March at Arkadia International Bookshop. I've settled on a working title for the exhibition: Hippies And Hipsters. I'm going through my father's photographs from the 1970s when he was about my age as well as my own, finding similarities in the ways young people pose and want to be photographed.

The idea of us branding ourselves and hiding behind labels like "hippie" or "hipster" is very interesting to me. I don't want to judge or praise, just state that it's something people my age do in western culture.

I've been searching for a way to combine acrylic paint and woodcut printmaking and I think I'm finally finding marks and little visual things that I want to pursue. 

There's plenty of coursework I never got around to publishing here. 

I primed over most of my old paintings. I've started this canvas with three times. I originally just wanted something blue to hang above my bed. I'm planning to combine some woodcut prints into this.

My need of a proper workspace is highlighted by the fact that I'm drying prints on my fridge door.

There's a time-lapse of this here. I don't usually paint, but recently I've had an explosive drive to do nothing else.

Our art history lecturer believes us making things based upon what we learn from his lectures will teach us more than writing essays about -say- pre-historic views on deities. An essay may have been less hassle, but coming up with a god-like figure for an exact need was a lot more fun. Mine was for clarity when faced with many options. And they call it school!

Two days of printing. Color reproduction from my camera is poo, but no time to fix it as I'm catching a train to Kuopio in less than an hour. Happy Easter time!

I sketched some animals at the zoo today. Some of them stayed amazingly still, but it's not like animals in captivity have any place to be getting to.

Trying to use more color in my prints now.

We tried painting with margarine on the plate before etching on it. I don't know what it's called, but I like the effect around the edges.