A Piece of my Space #12 by Lotta Sirén

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Lotta Sirén
A Piece of my Space #12, 2022
Mixed media On Canvas
88 x 160 x 4 cm (34.65 x 62.99 x 1.57 in)
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86x165cm stretched
100x170cm unframed

The 12th painting from my new innovation; "A Piece of my Space" -series.

I protect my atelier floor with large high-quality canvases and I paint most of my other work splashing paint on the floor on top of these canvases. These protective canvases pick up all splashes and drips, also working as mixing pallets and brush cleaning cloths. This ensures that no paint is going to waste and as little as possible will be washed to the sewer. All paints in these beauties are leftovers from other paintings!

These paintings are like thoughtful, beautiful accidents. I do plan where to paint with different colors to make beautiful, very different Pieces of my Space. Most of the shapes emerge naturally as I work on top of the canvas for a few months, which ensures that there’s many memories and stories in each Piece.

This Piece looks beautiful both horizontal and vertical, and you can switch it around when you feel like it!

Subject Matter: Abstract
Collections: 2022, A Piece of my Space, Nordic vibes, Ratina

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In 2018 I was a business student just about to graduate as Master's in Supply Chain Management. I wasn't as happy as I would have liked to be so I turned my life around and moved back to my hometown Espoo (Finland), bought my first own apartment and decided to try abstract painting as a hobby.

It all started with countless hours of watching videos on acrylic pouring and alcohol inks. I was so addicted right away, and when I started painting, it felt like the best therapy I could imagine. I had an incredible urge to paint everyday and I was often loosing sleep when getting an inspiration flow just after going to bed at night.

I sold over 50 paintings, I got over 1000 new followers and more than 5000 likes on one of my photos during the first three months. In the beginning of 2018 I would have never guessed any of it!

In the beginning of 2019 I quit my job as an IT consultant and focused in art full time. Even after studying business for five years, this still felt like the best decision I had ever made. I’m so happy and fortunate to have found my passion and a form of expression, which I can make a living with. Nowadays I only feel myself when I can create something new.

So, I wanna thank you all who believed in me and gave me the courage to do something crazy and start painting, even with no art background nor any idea what I was getting myself into. And without the incredible power of social media, I would have never showed my work to anyone other than my friends and family. So thank you all strangers who have showed interest in my art.

Dare to do what you love, not what you are expected to do! Do more of what makes you happy! I feel like I have finally found myself and I’m happy in my own way. ❤️

Lotta Sirén

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