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valkea — The Helsinki Syndrome

Published: 2007-07-29 15:34:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1765; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 35
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Description Oil on hardboard. 60 x 60 cm

Started on this last Saturday when I got back from Orivesi, feeling a bit hungover. The idea was to keep painting, while still warm and have time. Work fast and loose. Paint from feeling, and see what comes out.

It's not based on a real landscape, or external reference. I made a brown and blue underpainting with acrylics, and was sort of planning to make a companion piece to Undercurrents [link] a more abstract version of it, with green leaves growing over dark waters... but what came out was a cityscape instead.

I guess it's in the series of partly abstract landscapes like Martinlaakso [link] or The Golden City [link] which I've been doing occasionally. It may also lead to the baffling conclusion that I feel like a city
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boettcherART [2020-05-04 06:11:25 +0000 UTC]

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valkea In reply to boettcherART [2020-05-04 19:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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boettcherART In reply to valkea [2020-05-04 19:14:58 +0000 UTC]

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CynthiaOorschot [2014-11-07 18:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Wowww!

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SkyValley1 [2011-10-23 20:02:53 +0000 UTC]

Mikä on Helsinki syndrooma? Muuten kyllä mahtava!

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pejczyk [2009-10-25 21:00:51 +0000 UTC]

there is some kind of warmth in that painting. I really like it

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Kat1304 [2008-03-31 00:03:30 +0000 UTC]

you feel like a city, i like that
wonderful painting- & your gallery in general is very impressive!

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valkea In reply to Kat1304 [2008-05-11 19:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Feel like a city? Yes I do!

Thanks!

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Kat1304 In reply to valkea [2008-05-12 16:56:32 +0000 UTC]

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babsalaba [2007-12-16 14:12:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I just took a look at your "recent" work. You're really developing a more distinct voice and style. I LOVE it. Million kudos.

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valkea In reply to babsalaba [2007-12-16 20:43:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Lechtonen [2007-12-09 22:49:16 +0000 UTC]

Mitäköhän siitä pitäisi ajatella, että maalauksessa oli mielestäni heti oikein kodikas fiilis -- ennen kuin edes kiinnitin otsikkoon huomiota. Asun Hesassa näet.

Selvästikin onnistunut teos.

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valkea In reply to Lechtonen [2007-12-10 07:26:57 +0000 UTC]

Aa... kiitoksia kovin Kiva tietää, että joku muukin saa Helsinki-mielleyhtymiä.

On tosiaan tehty ilman minkäänlaista referenssiä ja pyrkimyksenä ei ollut mikään Helsinkiin liittyvä. Osittain syynä on varmaan tuo "helsingin keltainen" - joka tuubissa kulkee Napolin keltaisen nimellä.

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Pim-s [2007-09-28 16:12:13 +0000 UTC]

simply wonderful! awesome colours and I love the atmosphere you manage to creat with only simple touches!

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valkea In reply to Pim-s [2007-09-30 08:33:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Glad you like it

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KingVahagn [2007-08-01 19:41:51 +0000 UTC]

It's very well done. I still don't know how you manage to pull off such abstract work without making it have a muddy feel to it. I've seen a lot of similar works that are simply overdone and just look like a giant jumbled mess. Yours doesn't fall in this usual trap.

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valkea In reply to KingVahagn [2007-08-03 13:16:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot I do work and work on some of my stuff sometimes, but this one was in just two sittings. Maybe, it's that?

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eyeofjustice777 [2007-07-31 02:12:16 +0000 UTC]

looks like a city with some dusty mountains in the back.

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valkea In reply to eyeofjustice777 [2007-08-03 12:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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chris10belgium [2007-07-29 16:03:13 +0000 UTC]

It turned out beautiful!

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valkea In reply to chris10belgium [2007-07-29 16:38:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Glad you like it, I wasn't so sure myself.

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chris10belgium In reply to valkea [2007-07-29 18:00:52 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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