Precious paintings

  • 2010-02-21
  • Helsinki Times

Many consider Marika Mäkelä to be one of Finland's greatest modern artists. She has been a professional painter since the 1970s, and her latest exhibition, Jewels of Excavation, is now on display at Galerie Anhava until the beginning of March.

Gallerist Ilona Anhava has said that Mäkelä's paintings can not only be viewed with pleasure but that they can also be felt, smelt and almost heard. She describes that one can become totally immersed in the paintings because they create intellectual and physical pleasure.

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