All the things I cherished as a child. The tiger stuffed animal I got for christmas because tiger became my favourite animal, when I visited the zoo in my city for the first time and a tiger spoke to me. I don’t remember what it said but I swore I made a connection with that magnificent creature. As a side note that day a gold fish spoke to me too and later also a bee.

The green little bunny was my main character in a bunny village I created with my sisters every summer at my grandmas’ home.

The pink dolphin balloon, that I picked every Vappu (a finnish holiday), when we were let to choose a ball. The dolphin died every year of air loss and I always wanted to keep it till it was so flat that i was sure there is no air in it.

The rainbow fish, the book I loved because of how much it sparkled, how pretty it was, but I didn’t like the story because I didn’t think you had to give away the very thing that made you special no matter how much other people wanted it too.

The strawberries on a timothy grass that I picked with my cousins on a summer holiday. I have a photo of us where we are posing with all our timothy grasses filled with strawberries smiling so proud of our achivements.

The bluebell flowers, that I picked for my grandma every summer

Clip-on earrings that someone gifted me in a package that had a tiara on it too. I really loved wearing them but when I lost them, I started to wear hair clips on my ears as earrings and my ear lopes were almost cut in half.

Mickey T-shirt

2023

50x70cm

Acrylic on canvas