TARJA BRUUN-JÄRVENPÄÄ
Nature has always been a vital source of inspiration to my art. To me nature is much more than just scenery to visualize – it is something to experience with all my senses. As I wander in a dense forest I feel calm and at peace – a spiritual tranquility that helps me to embrace my surroundings. On my daily strolls in the forests and on the fields, I do find and capture details with my camera and use these pictures as sketches and visual assistance to my works, but I also strive to imprint the feeling of that particular moment in my art.
My working space is not a conventional room, as the sky over my head, the ground under my feet and the trees and bushes surrounding me form the ever changing boundaries of my atelier. In ”Studio Naturel”, as I have named it, I use my self-made press to print my works. The press is not a classical type of a press, as I have to push and press with my body weight a metal trundle in order to print my works.
Working outdoors gives me this very special feeling of being a part of the environment and at the same time I wish the environment itself to take part in the painting process. The texture of my works may contain all kinds of marks from outdoors. As “Studio Naturel” is my atelier, I work outdoors regardless of weather conditions.
My works are colour graphics and the technique I use is monotyping.