Maija

Profile

I have a background as an illustrator and graphic designer, somewhat ‘naturally’ in advertising – ending up to have my own ad-agency. As I have been drawing and painting all my life with all kinds of materials and techniques, making advertisements to others started to feel limiting and exhausting.

After recovering from there and having some completely different experiences in life, I still had this drive inside me to express myself via visual arts.

I had a limitation in thinking that “you cannot paint with computer”, but after following my partner’s passionate creativity with graphic programs, I gave them a try.

To my surprise, I have been able to create many kinds of painterly styles, and with kind of fluent ways.
So fluently, that it is simply a joy to sit in front of the screen, letting mind go empty and just starting to do something.

Second surprise to myself was that I had absolutely no idea about the artwork I was doing – I had reached non-limited and non-filtered self-expression.

Third surprise was feedback and comments from people, who demanded us to create our artworks as printable fine-art prints.
They are here now, and more is to come.

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These few “modern pinups” are here to celebrate female beauty, romance and joy of sexuality. As those “original pinups” behind decades contained something very nice feeling, we started to wonder where that has gone.
Current pinups, no matter photographs or paintings, are to us – simply breathless and empty.

These are my creations, and I have had fun and joy filled lovely time when painting them – also digitally.

I’d like to have feedback how you feel them.

Maija

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Works of my partner Kari:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/KariS