I’ve been pondering about art styles. Should I pick just one or could it be possible to maintain some kind of coherence with many styles? My style has varied over the years from comics to classical contemporary and from illustration to abstract and back – and let’s not forget about naïve art and symbolism. Here are some examples:

As you can see, I have gone through many phases over the years. The oldest drawing in this gallery is the very muscular woman named Liz (or Psyche) from the X-men. I draw that one when I was a teenager, so let’s just say a long, long, LONG time ago : ) …..

Here are some details of the images:

1. “The Easter Ambassador” 2021. Watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil on paper.
2. “Going for photo-realism” 2023. Colored pencil exercise.
3. “Diana the Huntress” Early 2000s. Light line sketch of Pierre-August Renoir’s painting Diana.
4. “Emerald Space” 2021. Line art drawing, markers and colored pencil on paper.
5. “The Epiphytress” 2022. Watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil on paper.
6. “Liz” Early 90’s. A comic study, colored pencil and marker sketchbook.
7. “Aphrodite” 2023. Watercolor, acrylic, colored pencil and markers on paper.
8. “Illness” 1999. Oil pastels sketchbook.
9. “Hannah from the River” 2021. Children’s storybook cover (not published).
10. “The Mind Box” 2021. Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and markers on paper.

At the moment I’m working more on these kinds of paintings/drawings:

So, I think it’s safe to say that I’ll continue to experiment on different styles and let to road take me where ever I need to be. At the same time, I seek inspiration from the works of the masters. Here are some links to my all time favorite artists Wikipedia pages:

Frida Kahlo | René Magritte | Hilma af Klint | Leonora Carrington | Moira Huntly

Osmo Omenamäki | Lennart Helje | Jill Barklem | Chris Bachalo | Emmanuel Larcenet

Wikipedia doesn’t have an English version of Omenamäki and Helje, so here’s a short introduction: Osmo Omenamäki is a Finnish graphic artist known for his designs of postcards and stamps (those postcards are at the core of my childhood art experiences) and and Lennart Helje is a Swedish artist who has made, for example, elves and nature-themed Christmas cards (love them to bits!).

The names are in no particular order – I’m not even going to try to rank them – and a few of them are more famous than others, but all of them have their own special place in my heart.