Exhibition: Kristiina Nickel – Love in Nature

Paintings by Keuruu-based artist Kristiina Nickel are on display in the lobby gallery at Lehtiniemi Service Centre. The exhibition features fifteen works, most of them made with acrylic paints, along with a few watercolours. With her colourful works, Nickel hopes to bring joy, warmth and a sunny mood to the cool autumn weather. Her paintings depict love in nature, which, she says, can be seen in many ways: in flowers with their enchanting scents and hues, or in the evening sun against the surface of the water. It is in the patter of rain lulling someone into a gentle sleep, a fox couple meeting and exchanging their first glance, or a mother bear caring for her cubs. The exhibition’s main work is titled “On Wings”. It came about as she watched the swans migrating last autumn. She saw them gather, prepare to leave and wait for favourable winds. Then the right day arrived, and they took to the air, proud and strong. In their wake, a quiet cove on the lake remained.