Sun in My Sails

Limited edition artwork on museum-quality Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt Paper (290 gsm, 90% bamboo fibers, 10% cotton), signed and numbered on the front and on the back, embossed with an authenticity stamp, comes with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Story & Message:

Everything we believe in is fiction. Created by one person, or a group of people or by whole nations. Stories comprise our whole world: starting from products that are being sold to us in a grocery store to social norms, religions, and human rights. To say nothing about the stories that we tell ourselves about ourselves. All of them are man-made with some purpose. So you need to be extremely careful with each and every story you have in your life and maybe go for more inspirational and empowering ones instead of dark and energy-draining. That's especially true for the stories you choose to act upon. And probably it’s worth reminding yourself every once in a while, that whatever you believe in is not one and only truth, but only a story, and other people may have a different opinion on it, and that’s OK.

From my project “The Dark Days of the Soul”

"The Dark Days of the Soul" is inspired by the darkness of Finnish winter and the limited ability to physically change places due to the situation in the world. In times like that new opportunities to travel arise. It’s a different kind of travel though, it’s a journey within.

Each work covers a particular state of mind that I translate into a visual form. Some of them are truly dark, some are bright, but this is how the duality of life works: we wouldn’t be able to see light without the darkness.

Available in sizes and editions:

50 x 50cm (19.7 x 19.7 in.) - 4

70 x 70cm (27.6 x 27.6 in.) - 18

100 x 100cm (39.4 x 39.4 in.) - #2 of 8

120 x 120cm (47.2 x 47.2 in.) - 4