Saksala on the Rock, 2 Painting

1947 Rotterdam the Netherlands
Since 2003 living and working in the country side of Eastern Finland where I have been started an art centre

I am a painter and since living in Finland inspired by the light of this Nordic country.
In my paintings and printings I am translating the visual impressions into colors, shapes and structures in different ways.

As long as I remember drawing is a part of my live. As a child you never have the idea the way you exist is different and not like everybodys live. It is like it is. In drawings and paintings I could be the one I was. It was always an exciting moment to see the material transform into something you want.

Except finger painting I liked all kinds of art work and I was and I am always curious to see what happens when you do something unexpected. How is the material reacting? In what way you get new ideas through it?

My art teacher during my study in the teachers training college was very important for me. His enthusiasm and knowledge about art and art education inspires me until this day. Of course I go my own independent way in my artistic work, but the fundament was build up during these years.

From the moment I start as a teacher art was an important issue of it. Working with children and see how it is possible to develop their talents gives me all the time a positive impulse.

My artistic work is intensively related to the artistic work of children. Both are part of my way of existing. Creating art by my self is the base of my live, it is what I am. Working with children, but also with adults, belongs to it.

My artistic way of working is to see what is already there and what can I do with it. The ideas are in the subject and I am able to see and to visualize them. The material I work with has its own quality and possibilities and together with my technique, my handwriting the paintings are created.

During the work I have always the feeling to be on a journey without exactly knowing where I will arrive, the most exiting feeling.

Mono print is one of my favorite techniques. I like the process and working in layers and mixing materials and see how the skin of the work get its special structure. Every time it gives new perspectives and ways. I have many ways to work in it and still the possibilities did not end.

Oil paint I like because of its soft skin and the way you can work in transparent layers, but also with relief by thick paint.