AUGMENTED PAINTING
Augmented painting: Elli Maanpää 2019 // 3 paintings with 2D animation
Augmented painting combines acrylic painting with 2D animation trough augmented reality. They are inspired by Maanpää’s Finnish roots. Finnish idioms are famous for their pessimistic undertone. Like for example “Whoever is happy should hide it.”
Maybe it’s time to give the idioms a second viewpoint. What if being the “Painter of the skyline” wouldn’t mean a pointless dreamer but she who points out the beauty in our world.
This was my thesis project in Animation in Turku Arts Academy. For animation I used TVPaint and After Effects and for Augmented Reality I used Arilyn Manager. To see the paintings you must download the free Arilyn App from the App Store or Google Play.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
- 16.-18.10.2020 Bio Rex, Animatricks Animaatiofestivaali, Helsinki
- 18.-23.2.2020, “Pinnan yli” Galleria Albert IX, Helsinki
- 21st to 25th of August 2019, Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku
- Tuesday 18th of June 2019, The National Museums Summer Yard, Helsinki
- Thursday 25th of April 2019, Hallway – TUAS Campus, Turku
PAINTINGS
Kel Onni on (English: Whoever is Happy) 38 x 46cm. Taivaanrannanmaalari (English: Painter of the Skyline) 60 x 73cm. Pää pilvissä (English: Head in the Clouds) 100 x 150cm. All acrylic on canvas. 2019
Augmented Paintings are now available to purchase as museum quality art prints for limited time in my Etsy shop Elli Maanpää Art.

Pää pilvissä, acrylic on canvas, 100x150cm // Augmented Painting, Elli Maanpää, 2019

Taivaanrannanmaalari, acrylic on canvas, 60x73cm // Augmented Painting, Elli Maanpää, 2019

Kel onni on, acrylic on canvas, 38x46cm // Augmented Painting, Elli Maanpää, 2019