Kaija Savinainen has always been a creative person; a painter, printmaker, and educator. She received her formal art education at the University of Lethbridge, AB. She continues to work from her studio in Almonte, Ontario. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions including several online exhibitions with John B Aird Gallery. Her focus has been northern landscapes, her deep connection to nature as revealed by numerous trips to Yellowknife, Finland, Lake Superior, Northwestern, and Eastern Ontario. Her work, her blogs can be found at www.kaijasavinainen.com.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

To encounter firsthand the power of returning light as experienced in northern Canada, was a powerful moment with profound consequences to my painting practice. The clarity of vision, the intensity of colour was striking as the sun revealed the snow-covered rocky landscape. As daylight lengthened, the sun reaching higher in the sky, a new energy, a new vision emerged. I strove for simpler, cleaner compositions, using a vibrant colour palette. Eliminate unnecessary details, find the essence, the soul of this unique northern landscape. Revealing the “voice” of the north unencumbered.