Layer by Layer

Painting series 2015 – 16

In this series of works, my interest is in surrealistic themes combined with a layered way of painting. Overlaying translucent thin layers of paint is a very traditional way to do oil painting. I approached surrealism as a tool in the search for painting subjects. I made sketches in the mornings as soon as I woke up from the first pictures that came to mind.

Container, 2015, oil on canvas, 90 x 68 cm
Layer Birds, 2015, oil on canvas, 105 x 73 cm
Altered States of Umerica, 2015, oil on canvas, 44 x 58 cm
Problem of Sameness 1, 2016, oil on canvas, 29 x 21 cm
Problem of Sameness 2, 2016, oil on canvas, 29 x 21 cm
Wide Glaze, 2016, oil on canvas, 29 x 22 cm
Formal Circus, 2015, oil on canvas, 33 x 25 cm, private collection
Windy Lands, 2016, oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm
Fireworks by the Pond, 2014, oil on canvas, 29 x 21 cm
Globe Layers, 2015, oil on canvas, 29 x 21 cm
Proud Squares, 2015, oil on canvas, 68 x 54 cm
Madame Bovary in Lucerne, 2016, oil on canvas, 29 x 21 cm
Big Bird’s Catch, 2016, oil on canvas, 70 x 70 cm
Miika-Nyyssonen-Layer by Layer Exhibition view 2016 Galleria G12 Kuopio
Layer by Layer Exhibition view, Galleria G12, Kuopio 2016