The New Profile of Katja Vartiainen Visual Artist
@katja-artist.bsky.social
Visual artist. Married. Loves cats, Nature. Finnish, lives in DE.
I created a new account cause I never got a code to change my pw for the previous one.
https://linktr.ee/katjavartiainen
I created a new account cause I never got a code to change my pw for the previous one.
https://linktr.ee/katjavartiainen
I didn't catch the ears backward moment, but she is so pissed off. Just got her pills. I am not her favorite anymore. I'm sad. She is cute. #Caturday
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I didn't catch the ears backward moment, but she is so pissed off. Just got her pills. I am not her favorite anymore. I'm sad. She is cute. #Caturday
Reposted by The New Profile of Katja Vartiainen Visual Artist
It’s okay, guys, it’s a thing.
August 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It’s okay, guys, it’s a thing.
Our holidays has gone in pilling our cutie Honey. It's stressful for her and for us.
December 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our holidays has gone in pilling our cutie Honey. It's stressful for her and for us.
Sediments is also done, 2025, watercolor on paper, 15 x15cm
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Sediments is also done, 2025, watercolor on paper, 15 x15cm
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
Finished the ' We Are the Spore' , 20 x 20cm, 2025, watercolor on paper
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Finished the ' We Are the Spore' , 20 x 20cm, 2025, watercolor on paper
This one is 'Rotten' . Rotting is a bit gory, a bit smelly, but a necessary part of life cycles, and a job for the fungi.
watercolor and guache on paper, 2025, 17 x16 cm
#contemporarypainter #fungi #rotten #lifecycle
watercolor and guache on paper, 2025, 17 x16 cm
#contemporarypainter #fungi #rotten #lifecycle
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This one is 'Rotten' . Rotting is a bit gory, a bit smelly, but a necessary part of life cycles, and a job for the fungi.
watercolor and guache on paper, 2025, 17 x16 cm
#contemporarypainter #fungi #rotten #lifecycle
watercolor and guache on paper, 2025, 17 x16 cm
#contemporarypainter #fungi #rotten #lifecycle
I don't know what to think about this one- it's as i f It's channeling the colors of my past mom's Christmas decoration. Named it Unseen Symbiosis.
watercolor on paper, 2025, 14 x 15cm
#colors #fungiandtrees #symbiosis #artnature #painted #unseen #contemporaryartpainter
watercolor on paper, 2025, 14 x 15cm
#colors #fungiandtrees #symbiosis #artnature #painted #unseen #contemporaryartpainter
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I don't know what to think about this one- it's as i f It's channeling the colors of my past mom's Christmas decoration. Named it Unseen Symbiosis.
watercolor on paper, 2025, 14 x 15cm
#colors #fungiandtrees #symbiosis #artnature #painted #unseen #contemporaryartpainter
watercolor on paper, 2025, 14 x 15cm
#colors #fungiandtrees #symbiosis #artnature #painted #unseen #contemporaryartpainter
And I have a 'small' flue, so probably not gonna paint, so probably not gonna post an art post on next Tuesday...
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
And I have a 'small' flue, so probably not gonna paint, so probably not gonna post an art post on next Tuesday...
Happy Finnish Independence Day!
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Happy Finnish Independence Day!
my brave bookmarks disappeared. the ones t recovered are 1 year old. Everything else goes, but the books i had gathered for reading #brave #bravebrowser
a woman is holding a bottle of baby lotion and says i hate it .
ALT: a woman is holding a bottle of baby lotion and says i hate it .
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December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
my brave bookmarks disappeared. the ones t recovered are 1 year old. Everything else goes, but the books i had gathered for reading #brave #bravebrowser
This is Across
2025
watercolor on paper
20 x 20cm
#contemporarywatercolor #cactus #mushroom #fungiart #fungi #acrosstheuniverse #rain #mindscape
2025
watercolor on paper
20 x 20cm
#contemporarywatercolor #cactus #mushroom #fungiart #fungi #acrosstheuniverse #rain #mindscape
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is Across
2025
watercolor on paper
20 x 20cm
#contemporarywatercolor #cactus #mushroom #fungiart #fungi #acrosstheuniverse #rain #mindscape
2025
watercolor on paper
20 x 20cm
#contemporarywatercolor #cactus #mushroom #fungiart #fungi #acrosstheuniverse #rain #mindscape
Last blog of 2025 is up , and with that I think I will choose to post only images next year.
Blog is On my webpage or on Substack.
Links in bio
#artblog #december2025artblog #artistwrites #reduce
Blog is On my webpage or on Substack.
Links in bio
#artblog #december2025artblog #artistwrites #reduce
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last blog of 2025 is up , and with that I think I will choose to post only images next year.
Blog is On my webpage or on Substack.
Links in bio
#artblog #december2025artblog #artistwrites #reduce
Blog is On my webpage or on Substack.
Links in bio
#artblog #december2025artblog #artistwrites #reduce
This is called Family
watercolor on paper
2025
22 x 22cm
#mushrooms #contemporarypainting #fungi #organic #vulnerability #persistance #kunst #kuenstlerin #kuvataiteilija #mushroomart
watercolor on paper
2025
22 x 22cm
#mushrooms #contemporarypainting #fungi #organic #vulnerability #persistance #kunst #kuenstlerin #kuvataiteilija #mushroomart
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is called Family
watercolor on paper
2025
22 x 22cm
#mushrooms #contemporarypainting #fungi #organic #vulnerability #persistance #kunst #kuenstlerin #kuvataiteilija #mushroomart
watercolor on paper
2025
22 x 22cm
#mushrooms #contemporarypainting #fungi #organic #vulnerability #persistance #kunst #kuenstlerin #kuvataiteilija #mushroomart
WIP , earth, sediments, ground, terra.
wtaercolor on paper, about 15 x 15cm
wtaercolor on paper, about 15 x 15cm
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
WIP , earth, sediments, ground, terra.
wtaercolor on paper, about 15 x 15cm
wtaercolor on paper, about 15 x 15cm
This is a try of the idea of mycelium have spread everywhere. The fungi don't have a brains- how do they do decisions? Makes one think of the borg in Star Trek. Thus this is human environment with spores, called: We Are the Spore.
watercolor on paper, about 20 x 20cm, WIP
#spore #trek #fungi #unity
watercolor on paper, about 20 x 20cm, WIP
#spore #trek #fungi #unity
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Another work in progress on watercolor paper. Called Soil. A4.
#blackpaper #contemporarypainting #soil #night #darkness #unseen #mood #kunst
#blackpaper #contemporarypainting #soil #night #darkness #unseen #mood #kunst
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Another work in progress on watercolor paper. Called Soil. A4.
#blackpaper #contemporarypainting #soil #night #darkness #unseen #mood #kunst
#blackpaper #contemporarypainting #soil #night #darkness #unseen #mood #kunst
WIP and tough to photograph. This is called Nightlife Landscape. Watercolor on paper, A4. My current theme is fungi and vulnerability.
#nightlifenature #fungi #vulnerability #persistance #mood#contemporarypainting
#nightlifenature #fungi #vulnerability #persistance #mood#contemporarypainting
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
WIP and tough to photograph. This is called Nightlife Landscape. Watercolor on paper, A4. My current theme is fungi and vulnerability.
#nightlifenature #fungi #vulnerability #persistance #mood#contemporarypainting
#nightlifenature #fungi #vulnerability #persistance #mood#contemporarypainting
Another work in progress on black watercolor paper with watercolor and gouasche.
In the soil - still thinking about fungi.
#contemporarypainting #soil #fungi #darkness #life #underground #try #process
In the soil - still thinking about fungi.
#contemporarypainting #soil #fungi #darkness #life #underground #try #process
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Another work in progress on black watercolor paper with watercolor and gouasche.
In the soil - still thinking about fungi.
#contemporarypainting #soil #fungi #darkness #life #underground #try #process
In the soil - still thinking about fungi.
#contemporarypainting #soil #fungi #darkness #life #underground #try #process
I am trying black watercolor paper with a bit of gouasche.
This is 12 x 12cm. I call it Nightlife.
#blackpaper #nightlife #contemporaryart #try
This is 12 x 12cm. I call it Nightlife.
#blackpaper #nightlife #contemporaryart #try
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am trying black watercolor paper with a bit of gouasche.
This is 12 x 12cm. I call it Nightlife.
#blackpaper #nightlife #contemporaryart #try
This is 12 x 12cm. I call it Nightlife.
#blackpaper #nightlife #contemporaryart #try
November blog is about Vulnerability and it's on my webpage and on Substack. Links in profile.
#vulnerability #artblog #artistwrites #mushrooms #persistance
#vulnerability #artblog #artistwrites #mushrooms #persistance
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
November blog is about Vulnerability and it's on my webpage and on Substack. Links in profile.
#vulnerability #artblog #artistwrites #mushrooms #persistance
#vulnerability #artblog #artistwrites #mushrooms #persistance
Terraforming . watercolor on wood panel, 40 x 40 x 4cm, 2025.varnished Another ode to sci-fi.
#contemporarypainting #scifi#sf #terraforming #trek #organicscifi
#contemporarypainting #scifi#sf #terraforming #trek #organicscifi
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Terraforming . watercolor on wood panel, 40 x 40 x 4cm, 2025.varnished Another ode to sci-fi.
#contemporarypainting #scifi#sf #terraforming #trek #organicscifi
#contemporarypainting #scifi#sf #terraforming #trek #organicscifi
This is Observatorium. Watercolor on wood panel, 40 x 40 x 4cm, 2025
#contemporaraypaintign #organicscifi #sf #watercoloronboard #observatorium #mood
#contemporaraypaintign #organicscifi #sf #watercoloronboard #observatorium #mood
October 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is Observatorium. Watercolor on wood panel, 40 x 40 x 4cm, 2025
#contemporaraypaintign #organicscifi #sf #watercoloronboard #observatorium #mood
#contemporaraypaintign #organicscifi #sf #watercoloronboard #observatorium #mood
Yeah, trying stuff, where does the watercolor bend? bought black watercolor paper, painting becomes like sculpting. A lot of work is started, and then thrown away- such is the work.
#artistwork #wips #studiolife #fungi #lichen #fluidity #experiments
#artistwork #wips #studiolife #fungi #lichen #fluidity #experiments
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Yeah, trying stuff, where does the watercolor bend? bought black watercolor paper, painting becomes like sculpting. A lot of work is started, and then thrown away- such is the work.
#artistwork #wips #studiolife #fungi #lichen #fluidity #experiments
#artistwork #wips #studiolife #fungi #lichen #fluidity #experiments