Heavenly Wooded Area (Coloursheds)

In Finnish nature worship, many old, large or oddly shaped trees were considered sacred. They were thought to act as mediators between this world and the afterlife. Sacred trees were believed to be connected to the spirits of both lost loved ones and hunted animals. The series 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 marks the artist’s first note – a kind of colour study – into this vast subject.