Risto Latva: paintings

Risto Latva: Paintings

This website is mainly about my paintings. A music linklist, reviews of Maggie Reilly and photos can be found, too.

A big deal of the paintings are local sceneries and I expect the most interest from the local people, so, the paintings are explained mainly in Finnish. This is an alternative catalog of pages to give you some idea of the paintings and subjects without much Finnish language. The dimensions are in centimetres and I use exclusively acrylic colors. The music linklist is in English and the photos are in both languages.

Hackers only: My other life with computers and Python 3 tkinter demos - some basic demos how to build user interface forms on screen.

Catalog in Finnish / Sivuluettelo suomeksi

Paintings in A4 size

Indian Cannas on the banks of Tammerkoski
Church, Cathedral of Tampere
Fountain in Tammer pool
Scene at rapids Tammerkoski
Frenckell's tower
Evening sky over Lielahti bay
You are famous (Milo Venus completed)
Fire station of Tampere
Siilinkari beacon in lake Näsijärvi
Tower at railway station
Nice dreams (Monster study)
Aunessilta - bridge in Teisko
Water reservoir tower in Kauppi
Scene at Lihasula
Street Soukanlahdenkatu, Armonkallio

Paintings in F6 size

Standard size F6 or 6F is 41 x 33 cm. Painted on canvas on cardboard.

Alaranta, Laukontori seen from the other side of the bay.
From Satakunnankatu street. Long ago the famous "Bear Drug Store" used to stay here
The big pine at Rauhaniemi beach - the protector of thousands of bicycles - and a mermaid.
Triumph house, Hatanpäänvaltatie street - a city view in the middle of Tampere
Haulitorni - old shotgun pellet factory tower, Pispala - molten lead drops were dropped from the tower through the tube.
At marketplace, Tammelantori - the flower department.
Bridge at street Satakunnkatu
Frenckell - factory buildings on the banks of Tammerkoski.
Scene at rapids - The middle dam and turbine hall in Tammerkoski rapids.
Morning fog at Soljanen (Seitseminen) - a national park north from Tampere.
Swan
Kayaks (storm rising)
Lake Iidesjärvi (Church at Viinikka)
Cathedral of Tampere
Verkaranta
Grand Stairs (imaginary) - with the cat and the moon and the silent glimmer.
Arien - the Sun Maiden (The Silmarillion)
Smaug, coming to Lake Town for kill (The Hobbit)
Skysplitter
Red sail
Night in Summer

Photos

A big copy of these pictures available: just click the pic. Most (probably all) of the pictures are Creative Commons -licensed. In general, I think it's so easy to shoot a photo...

Duck in green
Duck in blue
Glass on fire
Rear
Foggy frost
Against the wall
Wet curtain
Tusks of Frost
Rowan in November
Frozen railing
Raging waters
Reeds on shore
Summer so sweet
A waxwing upside down
April, a scene from Hatanpää towards southwest
Water lilies
Smileys, all blockheads
Reflections
Rain
Jungle takes the stairs
Zebra
Sunset glow over melting lake Näsi
Maple spring
Flying bike
Flat out
Crow
Water lily

Some older photos, no big pic available. Some of them shot on film.

Maple Fall
The Final Shore
Graffiti winter
Non-Telemark landing
The Horned One
Crash (shot on a car race)
Cup on ice
Penguin

More subjects

How to paint with acrylics (unfinished)
Music blog in English
Maggie Reilly (in English)