Once upon a time it was summer in Finland and I decided to create a body paint with her... A few weeks ago I started my Seasons-series. I thought it would be my way to celebrate and honour the 100th anniversary of my home country. Beautiful Finnish nature and art.

Stay for a moment (2017) / Viivy vielä hetki
Artist: Riina Laine
Model: Jane Suvanto

A few weeks ago I had one of the most memorable photoshoots - I had a chance to paint stunning pin-up and tattoo artist Sini Ariell for the Finnish daily newspaper Iltalehti. She is pregnant on her first child and glowing happiness. It was such an honour to share the day with her and our whole team, so much joy and good vibes that I felt I was flying afterwards. 

Check out these results of that day! Aren't these photos just perfect with that summery happy mood! 

CLICK for the article online and to WATCH A MAKING-OF VIDEO:
Raskaana oleva Sini Ariell upeissa bodypaint-kuvissa: ”Olen saavuttanut elämässä kaiken minkä halusin” (Iltalehti 9.7.2017)

CREDITS

​Body painting artist: Riina Laine
Model: Sini Ariell
Photo: Pasi Liesimaa/ Iltalehti
Assistant: Tiina Willman
Backdrop material: Eurokangas

These fun loving images were originally created for Finnish shoe brand Minna Parikka.
​These pictures show how perfectly body painting can be used within fashion advertising to support the original designs. This campaign has been shared in numerous blogs around the world and it received the Golden Prize at Vuoden Huiput (The Best of Finnish Advertising and Design competition).

​The team behind the images was illustrator Janine Rewell, body painting artists Riina Laine and Saara Sarvas and photographer Jonas Lundqvist. 

​And now.. 

Through world-wide social media attention our bright and colourful images have now ended up on the new covers of Pantone!!! How cool is this?!
You can read Janine's interview and Pantone's article about the creative process behind these body painting images .

PS. Here's a great behind-the-scenes video of the making of these fabulous pictures!

Wonder Women - The WAU Project exhibition opened in Helsinki city centre two weeks ago. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to show these 12 works and share the stories of these amazing women in the artworks. So empowering and it's touching to see how some visitors have moved to tears because they feel they can relate to these Wonder Women. The feedback has been absolutely wonderful.

The exhibition has got some nice publicity too! The two Finnish daily newspapers Iltalehti and Iltasanomat wrote about the project and pop star Anna Abreu being one of the models. Yle Puhe interviewed me and we got talking about women and equality, the struggles women still face in today's world and body painting as an empowering art form.

So still one week to go, please come and say hi if you you are around!
Akkuna/ LASIPALATSI, Simonkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki. Open Tue-Fri 12-18 and Sat-Sun 11-16.
Welcome!

The artworks and the Wonder Women  -wall calendar 2016 are available for purchase at the exhibition or at Riina Laine Art Store. Part of the proceeds of the sale will be donated to UN Women!