How to understand abstract art

I still remember the first time I saw abstract paintings in the museum. I believe I was 10-13 years old.
Art teacher had given us an assignment to visit art museum, view the paintings and write about them.

It was so much easier to write about the traditional art.

When it came to writing about abstract paintings, it was different. It’s like it was a different language. A language that I didn’t understand at the time.

I felt quite confused. I had so many questions. Why did they use all these colors? What were they trying to say? How am I supposed to figure out what it all means? After all it seemed to be something that breaks all the rules that people are taught about good art.

Years passed by.

I discovered many different art styles and ended up with abstract.

Throughout the years , I’ve started to understand it.

It’s like a bird song, You don’t understand it but it is beautiful. It makes you feel something.

The thing is, abstract art requires you to have an open mind.

Abstract art breaks all the rules. There is a lot of freedom that comes with it. One of the reasons why I love it so much is that I don’t have to worry about it being realistic and matching the reference photo.

One of the beautiful thing about abstract art is that we can bring our own meaning to it based on our experiences and memories.

Abstract art is an expression of something ( experience, place or emotion) through the perspective of an artist.

As an result it will evoke a feeling or thoughts in the viewer.

Abstract art lets the viewer decide what it’s about.

How my art has evolved over time

Today I realised that it’s been exactly 3 years since I started painting abstract.

It’s crazy how time flies. It feels like it was yesterday..

If you’ve been following me for a while you know that before abstract I drew portraits of people, I painted landscapes and animals. I also painted seascapes and sunset.

At some point I felt drawn towards abstract. I loved everything about it and my hands were itching to start my own abstract paintings.

I went to the art store and got everything I needed to get started.

I decided that I will start with bright colors. I wanted to create colorful paintings that would bring people happiness. Below you can see a photo of the palette that I used back then.

One thing that my current paintings and the paintings I did in 2018 had common, was gold.
I loved adding gold paint to my paintings and I still do. Now I’ve started adding golden leaf to my paintings as well because I love how it adds texture and shine.

Since art is a reflection of me and my inner world, it has evolved in time and I have started to love more earthy colors.

I love to use nature inspired colors in my work. You probably have noticed that most of the time I use greens, blues and purples in my work. Also a lot of pinks.’

There is so much beauty in nature and I love to express it in my work.’

I look forward to seeing where art takes me and how my style evolves.
Can’t wait to share the whole journey with you

Travel vlog- lake Valgejärv hiking trail

Earlier this month I visited a lake Valgejärv hiking trail with my friends. It’s located in the western part of Saue municipality in Estonia.

I’m so happy that I got to visit this magical place. I’ts been a hot minute since I got to explore new places due to the lockdown. Fortunately the situation has been getting better in Estonia and one of my goals for this summer is to visit as many new places as possible.

There’s something about visiting new places that brings out the explorer in me.

I felt so inspired after spending time in this magical place.

There were many information boards which pointed out different types of forests in the area and birds that live there.

The view from that tower was so beautiful. I ‘m actually afraid of heights but I always try to overcome it so that I wouldn’t miss the beautiful views.

I’m already looking forward to visiting more places and seeing how it influences my paintings.

Stay tuned.

Winter wonderland- beautiful inspiration

What do you love about Winter?

To be honest my favorite seasons are Spring and Summer but I’ve started to see the beauty and the magic of winter.

These past few weeks Estonia has looked like a winter wonderland and I thought I’d share this beauty with you and show you what inspires me during winter months.

I love to go for a walk in the woods near my house. I love those times when I’m the first person to tread across the freshly fallen snow. It makes me feel like I’m the only person and it’s very peaceful experience.

The sound of snow crunching under my boots reminds me my childhood and how I made Snowman and snow castles with my friends.

These beautiful winter sceneries inspire me a lot. I always feel like I want to start a new painting after a long walk in the nature.

2020- a year in review

The awakening series

It’s needless to say 2020 has been a year like no other.

In the beginning of 2020 I knew that I wanted to create a series of large paintings. I had had this idea for a while. I thought that at first I will paint some smaller pieces to get ideas for my series. Then pandemic happened and I wasn’t able to get large canvases from anywhere.
I continued working on smaller paintings and at some point I got so inspired and decided to work on series that was inspired by Spring. The nature had started showing first signs of Spring and I loved how it was awakening from long winter sleep. That’s where the name of The awakening came from.

I love to go for a long walks with my friends in the forest. It’s so peaceful out there. There is a reason why there’s a saying that The connection is better in the forest. I always feel so happy and full of energy and ideas when I return from long walks. I wanted to express this peace and beauty I experienced in the forest through my paintings.

I took many photos and used these for inspiration. I love to take photos of nature.
I feel like Spring awakens something in people too. They feel energized, full of hope and are cheerful. It’s like there’s some kind of lightness in the air. Everything seems so much better during Spring.

With this series I wanted to explore a little bit darker color palette. I had been feeling pull to do this for a while and I’m so happy that I went for it. It was such amazing experience.

After I finished the series I took some time off to fill my ‘creative cup’ by doing other things - worked in the garden, spent time with my friends, played the piano and just relaxed a lot.

I started working on paper paintings. I love to work on smaller pieces because they are so much fun and they are great for experimenting with new techniques and mediums.

Soon I felt like I was ready for my next series which was inspired by Summer. Summer is my favorite season and I felt so happy and excited to express all the beauty and nature through these paintings.

The colors were so much brighter and the overall mood of the series was more uplifting.

The paintings were inspired by the forest, plants and flowers in my garden and of course the beach and the sea. I love to watch the waves at the beach. The sound of the crashing waves is so calming.

Summer state of mind series

After summer series I began working on the Autumn series which had 5 paintings. It was exclusively available for my email list. I love to surprise my collectors from time to time.

I started working on my Christmas series. The series had 6 paintings in size 7,8x7,8. It was the first time I worked in such small pieces. I wanted the overall vibe to be light and cheerful so I decided to use a lot of blues and white in my work. I wanted to express the spirit of the Christmas with these paintings. I added silver leaf to each one of them. I love how they made the paintings pop.

Small Christmas paintings

This year I also wanted to do something special and different for Christmas. I have always thought about doing Christmas ornaments and this year I finally did it. It was so much fun and I fell in love with each ornament.

I made 2 collections. Porcelain ornaments and glass ornaments. Porcelain ornaments were made with acrylics and I added gold acrylic color.

The glass ornaments were made with acrylics and I decided to add gold leaf to them and was pleasantly surprised with the outcome.

Porcelain ornaments

Glass ornaments

I also worked on many small paintings on paper. I will add some of the paintings below.

A neverending dream and Sunshine after the rain

One with nature and Inner peace

Stronger together

2020 taught me to not take anything in life for granted. I also learned that it’s even more important than before to go out for long walks just to keep myself insane. Staying at home all the time isn’t good for my mental health. Self care is so important.


2020 gave me an opportunity to slow down and really think about all the lessons I learned. I feel like 2020 was the wake up call so that people would start to value things that really matter in life.

Happy New Year. I’m sure 2021 will be so much better.

Studio tour LIVE

2020 has definitely has made me come up with new ways to do things.

In the beginning of December I went Live on Instagram. Since I can’t do open studio days at the moment, I decided that I will start doing Instagram Lives where I will be showing you my paintings and you can ask me questions. It was really fun talking with you and I would love to get to know you better.

I probably will be doing these Lives monthly or every 2nd month.

If you would like to be part of my Instagram Lives then sign up to my email list because this is the place where I will announce my next Live.

Art studio tour- where I work

I have always enjoyed seeing other artists studio spaces so today I thought I will take you around my little home studio where all the paintings are born.

I work in 2 different rooms depending whether I’m working on large paintings or small paintings.

When I work on large paintings, I paint in the living room.

This is a safe place where I can lose myself in the making and exploration of the work. The view from the living room windows shows a beautiful forest and a river. It’s serene and calming and influences my work a lot.

It has a lot of space and many windows which means there is so much more natural light. That’s probably my favorite thing about working in the living room. It’s so much easier to work with natural light.
This is also a place where I take most of the photos of paintings.

When I’m working on a small painting, you can usually find me in my bedroom where I have table by the window with the view of forest. It’s a small little place and perfect if I just want to work on the table.

I package all of your orders in my room.

As you can see I have my own personal assistant Mia who loves to sleep in my room and she also loves to watch what I’m doing. She is very curious cat.

If you live in Estonia, you are welcome to email me and schedule a time to stop by and I can show you the paintings. You can contact me here.

I hope these photos give you a little idea of my creative space.

Free Abstract Mobile wallpaper

Hey everyone.

Are you looking for a new wallpaper or your phone?

It’s holidays and I wanted to do something to give back. I’ts been such a weird year but I’m very grateful for all the support I’ve received. I’m grateful for all the likes, comments, DMs and sales. This means a lot that someone out there wants to support my dream which is being an artist and creating beauty.

This wallpaper is from one of the paintings I did earlier this year, more specifically from my summer collection. These blues bring me so much joy and I want to bring joy to you too.

All you need to do is join my email list below and I will send you the wallpaper.

Christmas series

If you’ve been following me for a while you probably know that I love Christmas and I love decorating the house and the Christmas tree. There is something so special about the whole process and it brings back lovely memories from my childhood.

Since this year I decided to try something new and paint Christmas ornaments, I thought it would be so much fun to do a little Christmas inspired series on small canvases. These are all made on 7,8x7,8 canvases with beautiful blues and silver leaf. I love how silver leaf makes them shine.

The colors were inspired by winter landscape in shades of blues and greys. This series is about togetherness. Christmas brings family and friends together. Especially during this lockdown it’s important to appreciate all the little things in life and people around you. If there’s anything that lockdown has taught me, it’s not to take anything for granted.

The goal of this series was to bring hope, the sense of unity and joy because I believe that’s what the world needs right now.