OPTO
# 112 OPTO1 Nyrkki, 2013 from the series OPTO, 2013 - from the series " 4 x 28 = 107 ", 2002 - [ ongoing ]
acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 24 x 24 cm | Private collection | art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli OPTO
series of square coloristic paintings 2013 - [ ongoing ] subseries of
When painting my coloristic squares, I combine objects of free expression and plain color fields. Researching begins with the free expression. Then, how to find a surrounding to the object - what combination of color enhances both ? How to find an asymmetrical balance between the volume and the density of the color, and the lightness of the object ? It takes several years and seveal layers of paint, until I find the right combination of color and form. Why hurry ? Surface structure reveals time passed with repeated efforts, and the surrounding paint field becomes thick and heavy and rich of everything, while the original object remains light and pure. Maybe this is an analogy of an optimum life span of an individual particle - existing in space and time - as a free expression, an entity of integrity. © 2017 Tiina Hölli 20.1.2017 17:01 Tiina Hölli # 112 OPTO1, 2013
# 282 OPTO2, 2013 # 121 OPTO3, 2013 # 282 OPTO4, 2013 # 166 OPTO5, 2013 Pizzaneliö 15 Inspired Friend - Pizza Square 15 Inspired Friend # xxx OPTO6, 2019 Pizzaneliö 14 Flying Sorcerer - Pizza Square 14 Flying Sorcerer # xxx OPTO7, 2019 Pizzaneliö 18 Boxer sees a rabbit - Pizza Square 18 Boxer sees a rabbit # xxx OPTO8, 2019 Pizzaneliö 22 Tuulinen päivä 2 - Pizza Square 22 Windy day 2 # 166 OPTO9, 2019 Pizzaneliö 24 Swirl - Pizza Square 24 # xxx OPTO10, 2019 from the series OPTO, 2013 - [ ongoing ] from the series " 4 x 28 = 107 ", 2002 - [ ongoing ] from the series Pizzaneliöt - Pizza Squares, 2019 - [ ongoing ] acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 25 x 25 cm except OPTO1 24 x 24 cm and OPTO2, OPTO6-8 26 x 26 cm # 112 OPTO1, 2013 Private collection art & photo © 2013-2019 Tiina Hölli # 121 OPTO3 Siemen, 2013, acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 25 x 25 cm
| art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli # 281 OPTO2 Neverevertitityy, 2013, acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 26 x 26 cm
| art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli # 282 OPTO4 Venetian window | Venetsialainen ikkuna, 2013, acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 25 x 25 cm
| art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli OPTO 2, 3, 4 was available for purchase in Finnish Painters' Union's huge annual sales event 11. - 19.3.2017 in Cable Factory Helsinki Finland. Each of these 3 painting is framed with aluminum frames 60 x 60 cm, glass and white passe-partout, and each painting's price is 1000 €.
art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli
These photos were taken 31.5.2013 13:40 and 10:37 while I was framing OPTO paintings to be on display in Salo a few days later in June 2013.
This is from the studio I had at that time - in a barracks building from the year 1912 with grim grim grim history, outside walls of old red bricks and inside all walls painted with army gray, high windows and high ceilings - and yes - there I am, as a reflection in the glass. Noticed the change in the warmth of the sunlight ? - so my windows were towards the North-East, which is almost as good as North, if the view from the windows is clear from trees and buildings ... OPTO painting # 121 Siemen is on the top, and on the floor there is also, as well framed in aluminum, glass and white passe-partout, the painting # 229 Thunder from subseries Airspaces, and on the wall there is also one of the quick drawings from figure that I drew during Salo Artists' Association's public drawing event I had just attended a week ago 23.5.2013. On all studio locations, I have had a habit of keeping my ready color mixtures sealed in transparent honey jars by the wall in handy piles, but in action my color jars have been piling up also on more exotic surfaces. The white strawberry frost cover by the window is very useful at a painter's studio to disperse the sharp Finnish sunlight in the springtime. Yes of course I was not photographing through the glass hmphfff ... art & photo © 2019 Tiina Hölli
"Tuulinen päivä - Windy day" is an example of a square painting that is included in several series, has been painted over many many times over the years, has been photographed and with hard work aimed at true, actual colour with different cameras and gadgets and softwear (and levels of my skills) during its many phases, and is now finally (?) finished, and from 2019-03-16 15:47 on is on my homepage The Cover Painting Number 2 (after #113 being The One since 2015). (Huge honour, in other words.) Here is the do-over story, cover story & drawing story :
2019-03-17 A I R B O R N E [ covering latest OPTO news ] 2019-03-16 A I R B O R N E [ my old love returns riding a bicycle ] 2019-03-10 A I R B O R N E [ ... tunsi kummaa leiskuntaa - Done with it ] In these recent photos 2019-03-16, the blue is still not quite correct. The actual blue is more like in the older photo. But not that dense. Well. I tried. # 166 Pizzaneliö 22 Tuulinen päivä 2 - Pizza Square 22 Windy day 2 OPTO9, 2019
acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 25 x 25 cm - painted over Tuulinen päivä 1 - Windy day 1 art & photo © 2019 Tiina Hölli # 166 OPTO5 Windy day 1 | Tuulinen päivä 1, 2013
acrylic on frozen pizza cardboard box, 25 x 25 cm - destroyed | painted over (result coming up) art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli art & photo © 2017 Tiina Hölli
Tiina Hölli 2017-03-06 16:55 at Cable Factory Helsinki with OPTO -series
THE SALES EVENT OF FINNISH PAINTERS' UNION 2017 photographer Riikka Niittonen | art & photo © 2017 Tiina Hölli ... and oh yes, my paintings have been on display in some very strange high places. This one was called art passage. But you know, at some point you just give up - and to me, that vanishing point was this one.
art & photo © 2013 Tiina Hölli
OPTO paintings :
# 112 OPTO1 Nyrkki, 2013 # 281 OPTO2 Neverevertitityy, 2013 # 121 OPTO3 Siemen, 2013 # 282 OPTO4 Venetsialainen ikkuna | Venetian window, 2013 # 166 OPTO5 Tuulinen päivä 1 | Windy day 1, 2013 (painted over) # xxx OPTO6 Inspired friend, 2019 | Pizzaneliö - Pizza Square 15 # xxx OPTO7 Flying Sorcerer, 2019 | Pizzaneliö - Pizza Square 14 # xxx OPTO8 Boxer sees a rabbit, 2019 | Pizzaneliö - Pizza Square 18 # 166 OPTO9 Tuulinen päivä 2 | Windy day 2, 2019 | Pizzaneliö - Pizza Square 22 At the studio there are constantly more OPTO paintings waiting eagerly for my approval, or optionally my proceeding maneuvres, who knows which delightful color combination will emerge next. OPTO publicly on display : 3.6. - 4.7.2013 Salon Taiteilijaseuran Taidelainaamon näyttelyseinä Hammaslääkäriasema Plusterveys-HymyDent, Turuntie 1, 3. krs, Salo Finland 4.7. - 31.8.2013 art passage, Ekonainen, kauppakeskus Linjuri, Salo Finland 31.8.2013 - 15.9.2015 Salon Taiteilijaseuran Taidelainaamo, Lillan, Salo Finland OPTO in Salo Artists' Association Art Rental Lillan, Salo Finland 20.12.2016 - OPTO in Fine Art America 15.1.2017 - OPTO in the Finnish Painters' Union sales event 2017, photos - letter H Teoskuvat TML teosvälityksessä 2017 myynnissä olevista teoksista 1.1.2017 - OPTO in Saatchi Art 11. - 19.3.2017 OPTO in The Sales Event of the Finnish Painters' Union in Helsinki 14.2.2019 - Instagram Pizzaneliöt - Pizza Squares @tiina.holli_pizzaneliot OPTO for sale :
2017-03-11 The Sales Event of the Finnish Painters' Union 11. - 19.3.2017 2017-01-01 OPTO in Saatchi Art 2016-12-20 OPTO in Fine Art America OPTO stories : 2019-03-17 [ covering latest OPTO news ] 2017-03-10 [ OPTO2 - 4 ] 2017-03-06 [ Cable Factory delivered once again ] 2017-03-01 THE SALES EVENT OF FINNISH PAINTERS' UNION 2017 2017-01-26 - just realized ... - 30 - | OPTO | 2017-01-20 [ opened OPTO ] 2017-01-01 OPTO in Tiina Hölli Art in Facebook 2016-12-29 [ of interest : how well do you see color ? ] ... to be continued ... |