Birdpainting exhibition in galleria Karaija 2009

Here is some pictures from Galleria Karaija. I had exhibition with bird painter Risto Lammin-Soila.

Opening day

Kevättalvinen viirupöllö

These paintings are pair. Branch will go from painting to another.

Photorealistic aproach to lynx

This lynx painting has been done with srcatching clayboard tecnique.

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Second lynx painting

This painting was never finished since I could not fix it after scratching it too deep.

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First mammal painting

I have read artists site wetcanvas for several years. There I saw very realistic animal paintings with fur that seems soft and realistic. This is my first try for this scratchbord method.

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Huge Mammoth steppe painting

This is the largest painting so far that I have made. It is all together 36 square meters! This painting tells of East Siberian mammoth steppe. Museum did not have any mammoths so they had to be painted.

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