Riika Anundi | Kohti Ruskaa

“I study my surroundings closely. I notice small details in nature and the urban environment. Randomness is a force of nature that I also pursue in my art. I notice things that are unfinished, in the wrong places, mistakes: a composition made of debris or erosion in a stone wall. I am an aesthetician who worships the colours of the sunset and the rippling waves of the beach waters. Jealousy and longing are conveyed in my works. Sometimes I aim to paint beautiful brushstrokes, other times incompleteness and jaggedness can be seen. There are two sides to me. I am endlessly fascinated by opposites: love, sisterhood, community and loneliness, longing, outsiderness; sensitivity and potency; flow and calm; nature and urban space.”