I am a Finnish artist based in Edinburgh, Scotland since 2004. My main inspirations are details and patterns in nature, the colour blue, water in all its forms and water-based media. My roots in Northern Finland and travels to Norway, Svalbard, Greenland and Iceland are also at the core of my work.

In 2019 I created an evolving collection of earrings called Hanging Garden, so called because it is inspired by things found in a garden: leaves, fruits, flowers, drinks, ice cream, sunsets etc. I enjoy crafting as a counterbalance to the nebulousness of my artistic process and the jewellery allows me to play with colours more freely than I tend to do in my paintings. Most of the thread and beads are sourced second-hand, which creates the additional fun challenge of creating combinations from a limited selection of materials.