RAUNI SIPILÄ - Paintings
5.1. – 24.1.2010

Press Release

MOMENTS – LIGHT

There are no precise plans, when I start to work on a new painting. To work on a painting is a process during which numerable choices are made. Some of them prove to be wrong tracks, the others bring to the right direction.

When the painting is completed – it is vital to become aware of the moment – it possesses the feeling of that very moment, but also the earlier moments and layers, which have been building up the work.

In the works of this exhibition I have more than ever tried to get far away from all distinct outer impulses and visual references.

I favour strong and pure colours in building up space and drama. Colours are light, and a completed painting actually is a colourful state of feelings born from the balancing of sensitivity and strength.

There is not one right way to interpret a painting. The thought and feeling of a viewer, whatever it is, is valuable and his or her very own. To be seen and experienced is the only possibility for a painting to go on living.

Rauni Sipilä