Hyvän ja pahan kyynelpuu – The Tree of Tears of Good and Evil

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Mixed media (pigment, pigment transfer, acrylics, charcoal, pigment ink pen, monotype) on plywood
2017-
Unique artworks

The size and price of each piece is mentioned next to each artwork.
(Last one of the measures is depth, not checked!)
(Please note, that not all of the works are symmetrical / don’t have 90 degree corners.)

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I started working with large sized Tree of Tears artwork in the beginning of 21th century, but I just didn’t find the essence of the artwork and it didn’t came out as I wanted. During these years the tree has changed it’s form several times, when many versions of it has proven to be too much work, too difficult or too expensive to make.

I have tried out several different pigment and image transfer techniques on different wooden and metallic surfaces, and it was the pigment transfer, which from I finally found the essence of the tree, and the slightly ununiformal plywood a perfect, organic base for them. The Tree of Tears of Good and Evil consists of several unique artworks, and it was first shown in my very first Garden of Tears exhibition at Gallery Ratamo.

The tree is different in every exhibition: each time it has new fruits, at the same time when some previous ones are missing.

Some of the artworks of the series are also published in the Kyynelpuutarhurin päiväkirja book (The Diary of a Tear Gardener, only in Finnish at the moment).

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2017 Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, Finland
2017 Galleria Kohina, Joensuu, Finland
2017 Grafoteekki, Helsinki, Finland
2018 Galleria Aarni, Espoo