Knot

01. “ I’m undoing a knot. I'm debating whether it's even okay, in this time and state of the world, to paint with rich colours. Although the saturation of colour represents freedom to me, and not happiness (as is generally thought), painting is now somehow more difficult than before.

I take my painting apart. Surface, lines, areas, finally simply colours. I proceed in small intervals, layer by layer, and thinly, a mark is created. I don't plan. I destroy many works, some I start from scratch. A longing for clarity. The colour palette of legos seems sincere. The end result is landscapes, some kind of deformations on a horizon. “

02. Knot – the exhibition White Wall, Lokal Gallery, Helsinki 2024