Paintings – Katariina Salmijärvi

I’m not entirely sure if it’s necessary to verbalize my painting process. It’s an old cliché to say that I am a painter and let the paintings speak for themselves, but we must remember that clichés exist because something was originally true for someone.

I paint things that are difficult for me to describe in words. There are small moments; experiences, sights, and feelings that I can’t capture with words. These turn into paintings. The world is vast and full of things. Sometimes, I feel like I don’t want to add anything more to the world by bringing anything here. What already exists is worth noticing. Often, a small thing stops me— a place that seems to have nothing in it, and the light that brings something out of it. When something stops me, it stirs emotions. That leads to a painting, where concrete observation and my own thoughts intertwine.

I paint my small moments as memories for myself. However, I believe that in my paintings, others can also reach and recognize something.

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