'Ruska'

 In the Land of the Midnight sun vast coniferous and birch forests cover the land and Lapland stretches from Russia to Norway as one of the last great wildernesses of the world. In winter the temperatures are as low as -50 degrees, but in a short spring and summer the weather is mild and warm. When the first frosts arrive in September, the "taiga" (or forest) turns into a glowing tapestry of colour - the season of Ruska

The paintings below are the first of new work exploring the landscape of the Luosto-Pyhä area of northern Finland.  There are more on the following pages Lapland Paintings