I see the painting process as a pathway to another consciousness where I have access to all past memories, experiences, or unresolved emotions. My starting point is a presence and being in the moment. The experience of succession and different sensory perceptions, as well as the awareness of the constant movement around them, are key elements in the painting process, where I try to describe the feelings caused by experiencing nature and the environment throughout the body instead of depicting it. Time is an integral part of the experience.
My painting style is lyrical abstract, but there are also figurative works. The paintings are built in layers using energetic and warm color compositions. Colors express emotional states and come before shape. I try to create a movement that is almost concrete for the viewer. Nature, landscape, and the environment are the inspiration.
“In Sari Moilala's (b. 1965) paintings, the color hits the canvas naturally, to quote Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) the paint “stays there”. Moilala's works rule time. They are completed at the right time, remaining suitably open, almost complete, before repairs, wiping, or over-analysis. Breathable transparency is achieved regardless of whether there is a multimetric fabric on the front or the page of a small book.
The Last Supper looks like a landscape with its own pedagogical will. The stones poke and lean against each other. Biblically and art-historically, the great Work Title becomes a symbol of the fate of the Earth.
There are also full-length paintings in which the trees are felt at their roots, from the shadows.
The branches glow pink or fade blue, but even the heavy compositions of the tops of the canvas are not too stable. ”
Tuuli Penttinen-Lampisuo, Satakunnan Kansa, 1.10.2021
"Sari Moilala's works deal in an interesting way with the basic elements of painting - colors, movement, the artist's presence and depiction of the inner world of experience, and the relationship between contemporary painting and the tradition of art history."
Anni Venäläinen, Acting President of the Pori Art Museum museum director and collection acquisition working group
“Sari Moilala is already one of the strongest painters at this early stage in her career. Moilala's works have intuition and focused automatism. In colorful paintings, the author realizes the shades of the sun and flower spokes, in a black-and-white charcoal work he bows most in the direction of Twombly.”
Katri Kovasiipi, Cultural Editorial 2021