I`ve labelled these works as "art" as they have been done purely for my own enjoyment...
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #18 (2024)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #18 - "The Billion Dollar Baby".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #17 (2024)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #17 - "Räm-Man's Bummer Holiday - Day 3".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #16 (2023)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #16 - "Superfoodnaut".
VÄISKI (2022)Size: T-shirt
White textile paint on a black cotton t-shirt
PEKKO (2022)Size: T-shirt
White textile paint on a dark brown cotton t-shirt
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #15 (2022)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #15 - "Other Bands Play, Manowoke Chill".
LOUNASAIKA EDUSKUNNAN KAHVILASSA (2022)
Size: 170 x 235 mm
Ink drawing, Finnish politics...
Size: 170 x 235 mm
Ink drawing, Finnish politics...
IT'S TIME TO PLAY THE MUSIC, IT'S TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS AKA ENTERTAIN YOURSELF MOTHERFUCKER (2022)
Size: 492 x 480 mm
Ink, pencil and watercolour, the irish rock band Therapy? and the Muppets meet in a dark alley.
Size: 492 x 480 mm
Ink, pencil and watercolour, the irish rock band Therapy? and the Muppets meet in a dark alley.
ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL REALITY FOR ADULTS (2022)
Size: 360 x 245 mm
Ink drawing & Photoshop, an example of the illustration work that I have done for academic publications. This is an excerpt from the soon to be published book by Finnish biology expert doctor Päivi Räsänen (I am joking, finnish politics).
Size: 360 x 245 mm
Ink drawing & Photoshop, an example of the illustration work that I have done for academic publications. This is an excerpt from the soon to be published book by Finnish biology expert doctor Päivi Räsänen (I am joking, finnish politics).
SCHLOSS TAMPERBURG OLD TOWN (2022)
Size: 122 x 225 mm
Ink drawing. "Schloss Tamperburg old town".
Size: 122 x 225 mm
Ink drawing. "Schloss Tamperburg old town".
MÖRKÖ (2022)
Size: very large
A snow sculpture of "Mörkö", the Groke, a character from the Moomin books written & illustrated by Tove Jansson.
Size: very large
A snow sculpture of "Mörkö", the Groke, a character from the Moomin books written & illustrated by Tove Jansson.
MOTÖRHEAD CAKE (2021)
Size: large
A Motörhead-themed cake with sugar fondant & whipped cream topping. The tusks were of course a bit tricky to do in a cake. I carved these out from some lebkuchens (a German Christmas-cookie) that I bought at a four letter German market chain and then coated them with fondant.
Size: large
A Motörhead-themed cake with sugar fondant & whipped cream topping. The tusks were of course a bit tricky to do in a cake. I carved these out from some lebkuchens (a German Christmas-cookie) that I bought at a four letter German market chain and then coated them with fondant.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #14 (2021)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #14 - "Räm-Man's Bummer Holiday - Day 2".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #13 (2021)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #13 - "Räm-Man's Bummer Holiday - Day 1".
VIOLENT BAKING (2021)
A sponge cake with a fondant and marzipan coating. The P&S Marketing Department thought it would be a great idea to cash in on Blind Channel and Eurovision by baking a cake. Unfortunately the P&S Design Department wanted Iceland to win. Luckily "Violent Baking" proved to be the solution.
A sponge cake with a fondant and marzipan coating. The P&S Marketing Department thought it would be a great idea to cash in on Blind Channel and Eurovision by baking a cake. Unfortunately the P&S Design Department wanted Iceland to win. Luckily "Violent Baking" proved to be the solution.
KUUTAMOLLA (2021)Size: 5736 x 5736 px
Photoshop-collage. The plan was to make an ad banner for use on the website of the Finnish band Kotiteollisuus but I lost control of the situation and created this fictitious album sleeve instead.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #11 (2021)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #11 - "Untitled".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #10 (2021)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #10 - "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch".
YANNIS PAPADOPOULOS (2021)Size: 145 x 180 mm
Yannis Papadopoulos (Beast In Black) pencil study / exercise.
EICCA TOPPINEN (2021)Size: 150 x 165 mm
Eicca Toppinen (Apocalyptica), fast & loose pencil drawing.
NUKKEKOTI #1(2021)Size: small
I prepared a varied menu of miniature dollhouse food. Peas, sliced carrots, a ham (with a mustard and bread crumb crust), feta, stuffed olives, fish sticks and a pile of sliced Mortadella with olives. Modelling clay & acrylic paint.
SO LONG, SUCKERS - CONCEPT ART SKETCH #4 (2021)Size: 390 x 270 mm
Pencil drawing. On long space journeys it`s important to remember to have some "me time" - to put some Hawkwind on, sit down, relax and enjoy quality wine!
JOULUKORTTI (2020)Size: 230 x 320 mm
Ink drawing, Christmas card 2020.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #9 (2020)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #9 - "O Tannenbaum".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #8 (2020)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #8 - "All About That Bass".
THE TURSAS (2020)
Marzipan on fruitcake circa 250 x 250 x 100 mm
Marzipan on fruitcake circa 250 x 250 x 100 mm
Happy Halloween 2020! I baked a horrible / cuddly pink cake for the occasion, "The Tursas".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #7 (2020)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man episode #7 - "Bad Magic".
NIGHTCLUBBING 2021 (2020)Size: 190 x 100 mm
Ink drawing. "Nightclubbing 2021"
ÄITIENPÄIVÄ (2020)Size: 225 x 200 mm
Ink drawing. A mother`s day card 2020.
MEP (2020)Size: 210 x 228 mm
Pen drawing. I`m not a vegetarian or vegan myself but I got the urge to make some propaganda, just for fun.
Planet Alcatraz - 2020 Digipak Edition (2020)An updated Covid-19 digipak-version of Bloodride`s 2016 Planet Alcatraz -album cover. (DISCLAIMER: no, this is not a real release)
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #6 (2020)Size: 434 x 306 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man - "Let There Be Bock", and there was episode #6.
SO LONG, SUCKERS - CONCEPT ART SKETCH #3 (2020)Size: 390 x 270 mm
The first rockets turned out a bit too slimlined - where am I going to put all of the luggage? I solved the problem by designing a cargo ship that will transport all of the essential supplies, model drawing #3.
SO LONG, SUCKERS - CONCEPT ART SKETCH #2 (2020)Size: 390 x 270 mm
Model drawing #2 for my spaceship, a more agile, sporty design. I still haven`t heard from any spaceship engineers? Engineering students can also get in touch, in this space business having passion for what you do is much more important than having perfect technical skills!
SO LONG, SUCKERS - CONCEPT ART SKETCH #1 (2020)Size: 388 x 270 mm
At the age of 46 I realize that it`s time for me to man up, leave childish things behind me and start to plan for the future. I`m not going to be here forever.
So I started to design the spaceship that I´m going to use to leave earth. Designs 1 and 2 are ready, here`s number #1. Now, any spaceship engineers out there? Please send me an email / private message.
LEMMY - A MISSION EVERY NIGHT (2020)Size: 334 x 489 mm
Pen drawing. I first started to listen to Hawkwind way back when and then discovered Motörhead...
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #5 (2020)Size: 430 x 307 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #5, "The 2020 Catalog".
GUGGENHEIMAT (2020)Size: 390 x 290 mm
A fictitious scene from an imaginary city.
LE PARTY (2019)Size: 518 x 302 mm
Pencil drawing. Featuring Daft Punk, The Weeknd and Maya Bauer.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RÄM-MAN #4 (2019)Size: 415 x 298 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #4, "Enter Räm-man".
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RAM-MAN #3 (2019)Size: 415 x 298 mm
Ink drawing. The Adventures of the Räm-Man, episode #3, "A New Hope".
RORY GALLAGHER (2019)Size: T-shirt
I painted a Rory t-shirt as a gift for my wife. Based on a photograph as Rory doesn`t return my calls. White textile paint on a cotton t-shirt.
AFRODISMI (2019)Size: 375 x 305 mm
Finnish language wordplay stupidity.
KALLOISTUS (2019)Size: 300 x 240 mm
A friend of mine wanted to see herself "skullified", this was of course an interesting challenge so here`s the result.
The skeleton says:
"Protect the earth or we will ALL die!"
The carrot says:
"Help!
She`s crazy, she`s going to eat me!
Do as she says!"
MATKALLA LUUVREEN (2019)Size: 440 x 530 mm
Pencil drawing.
MIDLIFE CRISIS (2019)Size: 249 x 343 mm
Ink drawing.
THE ADVENTURES OF THE RAM-MAN #2 (2019)Size: 415 x 298 mm
Ink drawing.
GEORGE CLINTON (2019)Size:
Pencil study.
ANDY CAIRNS (2019)Size: 150 x 180 mm
Pencil study.
ANOTHER PERFECT DAY (2019)Size: 310 x 310 mm
Ink drawing & water colour
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS (2019)Size: 590 x 435 mm
Ink drawing.
SYKSY 2018 (2018)Size: 565 x 225 mm
Ink drawing.
HATANPÄÄ 1 (2018)Koko: 550 x 440 mm
Ink drawing. Part 1 of the Hatanpää-series. Frustrated by feeble attempts trying to piece together partial scans of the half meter wide drawing I proudly present to you this crap photograph instead.
PRIVATE CITIZEN (2018)Size: 300 x 320 mm
Ink drawing. Finnish politics & word play & stream of consciousness...
RALF (2018)Height: c. 580 mm
Clay and acrylics. A graden gnome -version of Mustasch singer Ralf Gyllenhammar.
KA-CHING (2018)Size: 335 x 490 mm
Pencil drawing. My anonymous promoter friend "N.V." from Helsinki send me a list years ago with everything that I was NOT to put in a poster that I was working on. I of course had to accept the challenge, everything on that list should be included here plus a few additions of my own.
MARA BALLS (2018)Size: 360 x 510 mm
Pencil drawing. Portrait of Finnish musician Mara Balls.
TALVISOTE (2018)Size: 390 x 310 mm
Ink drawing. Politics, a very long story...
MURHEEN LAAKSO (2018)Size: 270 x 300 mm
Ink drawing
Main influnce here was the Finnish cult band Mana Mana.
PLASTIC FETISH LAND (2017)Size: 610 x 250 mm
Ink drawing & water colour
An "inner space" co-portrait of me and my sister done as a Christmas present. She collects My Little Pony -toys, you can try and guess what I collect.
PEKTOBERFEST (2017)Ink and pen drawing
A birthday card for my mother starring her (slightly deranged) cat Pekko.
SYYSJUHLA (2017)Koko: 400 x 400 mm
Mustepiirustus.
TOVE JANSSONIN LIIAN PELOTTAVANA HYLÄTTY ALKUPERÄINEN MÖRKÖ (2017)Ink drawing
Politics and Moomins, the title translates as "Tove Jansson`s original "mörkö" (ghoul or ghost) design discarded as too scary" and stars, once again, a well known Finnish right wing politician.
SAULI JA JENNI (2017)Ink drawing
The news that finnish president Sauli Niinistön and his wife Jenni Haukion were expecting a baby broke in the same week as the news about the first Finnish "male pregnancy".
DREAM NO MORE (2017)Size: 540 x 420 mm
Ink drawing. Cthulhu, following H.P.Lovecraft`s original description as closely as possible with a soundtrack of Metallica`s "Dream No More".
TRUMPHEAD (2017)Acrylic on canvas
A mix of politics, music and movies.
PERSULAND (2014)Size: 410 x 340 mm
Pencil drawing
A political drawing, the Finnish post office had decided to release Tom of Finland -stamps and certain parties were not pleased.
TAKATALVI (2014)Size: 280 x 310 mm
Pencil drawing
A political drawing, the man in the picture is a Finnish right wing populist carrying migratory birds common in Finland including the Finnish national bird, the swan.
RUUSU, TULPPAANI JA PEYOTE (2014)Size: 330 x 480 mm
Ink drawing based on a song by the Finnish band Mana Mana (aka Murheenlaakso).
KELLARISSA (2010)Size: 280 x 220 mm
Ink drawing
A "fairytale" illustration.
PYYNIKKI 1 (2010)Size: 270 x 340 mm
Ink drawing
A landscape from Pyynikki in Tampere, Finland.
PYYNIKKI 2 (2012)Size: 250 x 350 mm
Ink drawing
A landscape from Pyynikki in Tampere, Finland.
PYYNIKKI 3 (2013)Size: 230 x 300 mm
Ink drawing
A landscape from Pyynikki in Tampere, Finland.
