Visual Artist
ELLI MAANPÄÄ NYMPH MATERIAL: Acrylic paint on board SIZE: 30 cm x 30 cm YEAR: 2021 Acrylic painting of a beautiful nymph surrounded by exotic flowers. See me paint this painting in Instagram. “Nymph” is part of the WABGNET “Shine the Light” -exhibition in Flamingo-Jumbo Gallery in February 2021. AVAILABLE
ELLI MAANPÄÄ IN THE MEADOW – LITTLE SISTER MATERIAL: Acrylic on cardboard SIZE: 20 cm x 20 cm YEAR: 2020 Acrylic painting of a profile view of a smiling young woman with flowers in her head. This is a sister piece for the “In The Meadow” -painting exhibited and sold from the “Beyond The Horizon” -exhibition. Photograph of
HELENE20-taidetukiprojekti tallentaa korona-aikaa taiteen avulla. Koronakevät on ollut ahdistava, jopa lamauttava. Se on silti tarjonnut myös inspiroivia mahdollisuuksia. Niistä yhtenä on Helsinki Hospitalin HELENE20-taidetukiprojekti. TULEVAISUUDEN TAITEILIJAT Kuusi nuorta taiteilijaa valittiin 114 hakijan joukosta HELENE20-projektiin. Minun lisäkseni taiteilijat ovat Emilio Mäkipää, Janne Jääskeläinen, Aura Latva-Somppi, Marika Schulze ja Alma Peltola. Me teemme kesän aikana itsenäisesti taideteoksen
I UPDATED MY PAINTING PORTFOLIO I added lots of NEW ART from 2020 and 2019 to my painting portfolio. I’ve been quite productive especially with painting on recycled stuff and portraits. I’ve been painting on dia slides, wine corks, coins and much more. Also the portrait painting is something I’ve enjoyed a lot recently. One impressive
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
Joulusesongin 2014 viimeiseksi muotokuvaksi piirsin tämän kaunottaren. The last portrait I did for Christmas season 2014 was this little beauty. Työskentelytapani oli sama kuin aiemmissa muotokuvissa: lyijykynää, mustetta, tussia ja korjauskynää. My working method was the same as in the previous portraits: pencil, ink, marker and correction pen. Vakava syvällinen katse. Serious thoughtful gaze. Paspartuuri.