art by silja s.
Hi, I’m Silja S, 27-years old abstract artist from Finland. I want to create a meaningful change with my art, not only in my own life but also in the surrounding community. I make art so that I can not only help myself but also others to grow and heal.
My artworks are a combination of abstract paintings and modern poems.
Collections
STAY WITH ME
“Stay with me” was born as a reaction to the rush of modern society. Imaginary haste and constant running to the next moment are a scourge that alienates us from life. The rush ignores the importance of being and experiencing the performance and achievement of ideals. Let’s stay for a moment and look at hurry and stop and the themes related to the balance of these things. The works depict different moments of life, which combine chaos, haste and melancholy, but also peace, tranquility and joy. The collection combines abstract paintings and poems.
01. MOVEMENT
Movement is my first collection and the first step towards my own truth. The collection deals with intuition, i.e. our inner voice. The texts and works have started in 2021 intuitively and they are strongly related to the need that arose from within me to start a journey as a creator of art.
Listening to intuition is not easy. The collection deals with the fears, insecurities and thoughts that listening to my own intuition has awakened in me. The collection also deals with courage, initiation and surrender. Despite all these fears and insecurities, I have decided to listen to my intuition and make public what is screaming inside me to let it out.
Movement is movement towards the version of ourselves that the ego tries to hide. The version of ourselves that we can get everything by listening to.
02. THE ESCAPE PLAN
“The Escape plan” is another of my collections made in 2022. The collection, consisting of paintings and texts, deals with depression and healing from it. The works are my personal stories from 2020-2021.
The collection is a journey from meaninglessness to meaning. Its purpose is to remove the shame associated with mental health problems and to provide a platform for identification for those who need it. The collection goes through a process during which I have reflected on the world and my own outlook on life, finally finding a route back to the light. Intuition, consciously challenging fears and surrendering to oneself play an important role in the stories of the second collection as well
03. HERE NOW
Here now” (Finnish: Hetketesta) is the last of the 2022 collections. The collection celebrates living in the moment and being present, this moment.
Over the past few years, mindful presence has been the single most meaningful realization of my life. Only through complete presence can we achieve what we seek. Peace, meaning, love, life. By portraying the limitations of life and the preciousness of our limited moments, I no longer fear life but dare to live it exactly as I want. In the last collection, I deal with presence and related observations and insights through art.
Making art in itself offers me a way to live fully present and enjoy the flow of life. In art, the most important thing for me is the process, not the finished result. In the final collection, I hope to offer the viewer the opportunity to stop in front of the wonderful life, here and now.
Stories told through art
I am a 27-year-old artist from Joensuu. My works are a combination of abstract paintings and modern texts. Art is therapy for me. Painting and writing help me deal with things in a completely unique way. Art doesn’t give ready answers, but it forces me to deal with questions that my conscious mind would like to keep as its own secret. I have found art to be a source of strength, from which I want to offer good things to others as well.
