Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents her artwork: When I was little my family and I used to go to this place we called “bastuön”. It was a cozy, beautiful island close to Helsinki with a small sauna on it. I have a vivid memory of […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents her artwork: The core idea in my Come to Saimaa poster Uimarit (translated as “swimmers”) is the balance between the nature of Saimaa and the human being. In the illustration the Saimaa ringed seal swims with the person right under the surface, […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents his artwork: The poster is largely inspired by my experience on a lake behind a student dormitory during my student life in Stockholm. Winter in Scandinavian countries may be regarded as a cold and dark season which is not very appreciated generally, […]
4th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents his artwork: I remember being in Saimaa once or twice when I was a kid. Otherwise my connection to Saimaa is pretty shallow. When I started creating ideas for my poster I knew that I wanted to make it simple but beautiful. To […]
5th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents her artwork: My poster is inspired by a bike ride from Mikkeli to Savonlinna. I made the trip with a friend of mine, and the day was so warm and beautiful so we just had to stop in Sulkava for a refreshing dip. […]
Runner-up: Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019 The artist presents his poster: The poster illustrates a lovely autumn scenery of Saimaa lake. It is inspired by the enjoyable journey that I had from Lappeenranta to Taipalsaari by cycling. Throughout the journey, I was impressed by the vast lake, the maze of islands, the colourful […]
3rd place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was drawn in Adobe Illustrator. I find a lot of inspiration through nature and Scandinavian aesthetics, and the shape of Lake Saimaa itself served as the vision for my poster. The natural bays, sounds and capes formed over thousands […]
Winner, My Finland Poster 2019! Lake Saimaa – A place to reflect was selected as the travel poster of the year 2019. The artist presents her artwork: My poster was made by combining traditional art and digital techniques. The trees and moon are hand drawn, painted and cut out then scanned to Photoshop where I […]
After our great poster exhibition at the National Museum in Finland closed in 2017 we received an e-mail from the US: ”I have something you might be interested in”. It was a Finn-American writing, and he surely was right. In the 1980s he had bought a Finnish travel poster from a collector in NYC. It […]
