Earthy looks for the spiritual behind the material. Like that moment on the hilltop in Porvoo when the heaven seems to open, revealing a gorgeous
infinity and prompts me to think about the universal and the faraway while I paint to convey my own emotions, ideas along with distant renderings
of the reality we inhabit. I feel like I am our galaxy’s guard dog, stationed at the door of a bijou jewellers on a tiny lane in Rome.
These works are large scale watercolour washes – something with gives me a lot of satisfaction during and after the process itself.
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/auringonnousu-kuplassa.Maa-Ilma-ja-vähän-vettä.pakattupienin-1024x770.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour on paper
108,5 x 140 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Kohtaaminen-pakattu-pienin-1024x686.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour and collage on paper
102 x 151,5 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Juoksijat-pienin-1024x398.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour and collage on paper
29 x 75,5 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Valo-ja-varjo-pakattu-pienin-1024x464.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watercolour and collage on paper
70 x 152,5 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Lähde.pakattu-pienin-1024x677.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour and collage on paper
99,5 x 152,5 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Aukko.pakattu-pienin-1024x683.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour on paper
140 x 200 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Taivaasta-tippuva-pienin-1024x479.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour and collage on paper
35 x 74 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Aamu.pakattu-2-1024x512.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour on paper
69,5 x 140 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Karuselli.pakattu-pienin-1024x765.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watercolour and metal leaf on paper
110 x 140 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bar-in-the-Sky-pakattupienin-1024x658.jpg)
from series Those closest to earth
watecolour and collage on paper
98,5 x 152 cm
![](https://petrihytonen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Aamu-varhain-3-1024x655.jpg)