Pekka Halonen - Woman in a Boat - 1924
In an interview published in Nya Pressen 1932 Pekka Halonen sums up his ideas of art: "Art should not jar the nerves like sandpaper - it should produce a feeling of peace. Ever since I was a young boy, I have been unable to see it any other way. I have never painted for anyone but myself. Searching for peace and harmony through my art has become part of my religion, so to speak. Nature is my inspiration. For over 30 years, I have lived in the same place, surrounded by woodlands. I often feel as if I have the whole Louvre and the world´s most precious art treasures right here on my doorstep. I need but step into the forest to see the most wonderful works of art ever created - and I ask for nothing else. My paintings are not naturalistic, even though I do my best to portray nature as faithfully as I can. Nature is the skeleton, but the flesh of the painting is its atmosphere - the mood is everything. Whether it comes from inside or outside me, I cannot tell. I don´t waste time thinking about problems - I just go out, and one fine day I might find what I am looking for, and then I simply must capture it on canvas." Halosenniemi Museum
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