Riitta Hellén-Vuoti

Website: www.riittahellenvuoti.fi

Country: Finland

Riitta Hellén-Vuoti Biography Riitta Hellén-Vuoti (b. 1959) is a Finnish artist, living and working in Kuopio, Finland. By education she is a licensed medical specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. She has been artistic since her youth, and started dedicating more time to painting and poetry around the year 2000. Her artistic focuses remain in painting and poetry. Her artworks have been on display in various galleries around Finland since the year 2000 and internationally since 2020. She is now a full – time artist. Statement I am interested in – and inspired by – the human being and the never-ending complexities of life. In art it is possible to deal with all the questions and concepts in a more intuitive way. When I was young, I thought I would grow up to be a painter, and now life has shown me it is possible. At first, I mainly worked with oil paint on canvas, but now I also use mixed media. Paintings and poems are inner images. They can sometimes be the same. Layers, textures and metaphors playing together, creating meaning in varying degrees of abstraction.

The End of the War, 2023, Oil on canvas, 150 x 140cm

Violet Series 5/1, This Moment is Everything, Past, Present and Future, 2023, Acrylic, spray and oil on canvas, 170 x 130cm

Violet Series 4, Green Sun, 2023, Acrylic and spray on canvas, 170 x 130cm

Violet Series 2, Nocturne, 2023, Acrylic and spray on canvas, 170 x 130cm

Violet Series 6, This Moment is Everything, Past, Present and Future, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 80cm

Violet Series 3, 2023, Acrylic, spray and oil on canvas, 150 x 45cm

Violet Series 8, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70cm