Katja Vartiainen   aka KatArtPics

         visual artist - illustrator -- comic & doodle book creator

           
   

It's 6th of July, 2019
 
I'm doing texts and finalizing details of my next comic - it's 26 pages, a horrory story.  Minor setback is my left shoulder-hand, which is extremely painful, despite exercise and pain cremes, so I go for MRI this month. Sleeping has been erratic, and correct working position seems to be impossible.

We are steadily doing pre-production for The Hunted:Allgoovia, and dates are being set!

I have paintings up on Artmajeur.com, and more will come.  I have four different galleries on my page at the moment, from Mindscapes to Cats.
I'll put up some bigger pieces soon as well.  Check it out! If you are in Helsinki, Finland, I have some works (some of them are rented) in Helsingin Taiteilijaseuran Taidelainaamo, the link is above.

I still have plans of continue to writing a book, but, about that later.
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Our Indiegogo crowdfunding Campaign for 'The Hunted: Allgovia', our German spin-off to the action/comedy, original vampire series and feature film, 'The Hunted'   (http://www.thehunted.tv/main_frameset.html ) has ended, and we are happy and grateful that we reached 75% of our goal! ( with Paypal donations included)

Thank You, all Supporters!

The project is in schedule and goes on, last update on Indiegogo is from 9th of June!

You help us pay for location, food, and most importently, our crew.

You can read are latest update here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-hunted-allgovia#/updates/all

                    
                                                            
You can always, continually donate via Paypal: https://ko-fi.com/thehuntedallgovia

oder auf Deutch: Spenden sind willkommen auch via Paypal: http://beyond-limitations.com/

Here our Youtube channel:        The Hunted Allgovia Youtube           

I paint intuitively, mostly with watercolors, inspired by nature, and try to take my time. I'm fascinated by the light of the paper, and the meditativeness of painting. I call many of my paintings 'Mindscapes'. I have also painted a series called 'Expansion', with acrylics.These are reflections of inner and outer space, which is an recurring theme of mine.

In my art, I want to share the glimpses of the oneness of existence, that especially, our precious nature, amplifies so well. Awe and peace.

My paintings are visual poems. I am called to paint something. It appears almost as by itself on the paper. This means for me, I am in the flow. It means I am more like a conduit, not a chosen genius. We all have the capacity, just in different domains.

I can give some rational meaning to some parts of my paintings, but I think the fascination is what the subconscious, or Consciousness, depending on your world view, brings forth. I do think there are archetypes, that direct our experience in a certain direction. But I also think that the power of art is that the viewer finishes the artwork. The artwork works partially as a mirror.