“Spookyman” in his frame, 2008.
A collection of articles and interviews.
My only piece where I’ve depicted the abuse from my marriage (2006).
With shorter hair, 2007.
In the darkness of the divorce, 2003.
Trying out a new style, 2013.
Fan art.
Here I am, at the age of 18, looking older than I do now.
Working on “Sex Monster”, 2013.
When I decorated my living room as a winter wonderland in 2009.
My muse Domenique dressed up like one of my demons, among my demons on the wall.
At an art opening in Sweden, 2009.
Ny painting “Vagina Monster” in an art magazine, 2010.
Preparations for an art show in 2010-
Fan art – it’s me, everyone can see that!
Digital work in progress, this didn’t feel right so it became two different pieces.
Interview.
A very early painting from 1996.
Me and a Russian banana cake, 2009.
Blogging, 2010.
My favorite selfie, through a metal lamp, 2013.
Pondering, with a broken heart, 2013.
A messy studio is a productive studio, 2008.
Three moments, the same location, three completely different moods.
Painting, 2009.
Adoring Madonna at the age of 13.
Fan art again, someone made this for my birthday in 2013, they obviously knew I love pugs!
This is how I always rode the stroller. I didn’t want to miss a thing!
An old blog design, 2008.
An art show in France, 2010.
2010, feeling abandoned but I stayed in the relationship for another 4 years.
Blonde in 2005.
Posing, 2006.
I love this triptych I made in 2006.
My life has always been about self expression.
Buddy Nestor’s portrait of me, in the making., 2010.
In the printing process, for an art book, in 2010.
My favorite photograph of Domenique I took at a cemetery in 2014. It makes me wanna cry.
Having fun with a wig, 2010.
Painting “The Mask” in 2009. The last painting before my long creativity blockage.
I’ve inherited my artistic talents from my Finnish grandmother – who was very creative. At one point she turned her living room into a forest, with real moss on the floor, trees, branches, leaves, bushes, roots and all the different elements that you can find in nature. Here is a photo of my dad and his siblings, and one of my grandparents in this little enchanted forest.
My grandmother.
with my best friend Nanci, 2009.
Studying art in bed, something I do a lot. It’s cozy. 2011.
I love this little boy, 2012.
BOBO! 2011.
MIA MAKILA 