Because life is a personal path, you want to honor your important moments
Satu’s Story: How to celebrate yourself with a timeless, symbolic and immemorable gift I was lucky and honored to work with Satu to create her Emotion Portrait.s™ (you will understand in a minute why it’s plural here): a custom, original piece of art... read more
Negative space or the space in between
Where are you today? What if we could travel anywhere we want at any time? Between Finland and France… These two weeks have been a thousand years. As I crossed the Baltic sea, I had time to reflect on how grateful I was to live in Finland and how sad I felt to... read more
Do you see water from your window?
What is the view from their window? This is what I wonder each time I walk by a house near a lake or the seashore. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Are you a ‘lake’ or a ‘sea’ person? In other words, are you a water person?? Because I am. Alhambra de Granada in... read more
Two places and the new normal…
At a time when we can loosen up but can’t travel that far yet, I invite you to two places: An emotional place and a physical one. The emotional place, or “the new normal” At the beginning of all of this (i.e. the pandemic), I felt relieved. Relieved because I was... read moreCommissioned Paintings Demystified
An original work of art, made especially for you! Since I get so many questions about my Emotion Portraits™, I thought I would address them in a simple post. 😊 Many people consider commissioning a portrait to celebrate and honor someone special in their... read more
How to improve the innovation of your team through drawing* and flowers?
*No drawing experience and skills are required. Bring your team for a day among the flowers to find out! What if our best ideas and boldest innovations are to be found not through endless brainstorming sessions, but rather through … letting go? By switching off... read more
The Joy and Beauty of Flowers
Kati is so joyful and inspiring… I met Kati in Helsinki at an event. Her smile was illuminating the room. Her joy was contagious. Kati Mayfield comes from Colorado. At that time she was completing her master degree in Economics, focusing on Entrepreneurship and... read more
Because when you want to honor someone significant in your life, no ordinary gift will do.
Pirke’s Story: How a mother celebrated her love for her daughter with a timeless, heartfelt gift This is the story of how Pirke and I worked together to create an unforgettable gift for her daughter: a custom, original piece of art created especially for Aurora... read more
Forever Twin & Out-of-Touch in Stockholm Art Fair
Leila Cromwell-Lönnroth, Galleri Skarpans, will present Forever Twin and Out-of-Touch at the Affordable Art Fair 2019 in Stockholm. Both pieces talk about total interdependence. These moments of connection, silence, movement. Out-of-Touch was created as part of the... read more
How to improve innovation of your team through drawing* and horses?
*No drawing experience and skills are required. “Bringing the body, mind and soul into balance and finding new ways to express oneself were the topics of today. Under the lead of the French artist Marie Sand Punda’s staff got the chance to learn about drawing,... read more
Walk on the Fairy Trail | May 29 – June 22, 2019
Let’s take a walk on the Fairy Trail! Souvenirs, souvenirs: here is the virtual pop up show that happened at Galleri Skarpans in Åland Island from May 29 til June 22, 2019. Leila Cromwell-Morgan Lönnroth runs the gallery with talent and elegance. Another great... read more
Embrace Failure!
“We can’t stop now. I thought I’d stop when it was going well. But now it’s going very badly. It’s too late. We can’t stop now.” Those words come straight from “A Giacometti Portrait”. James Lord sat for eighteen days while his friend Alberto Giacometti did his... read more
Santtu, the Horse in the Living Room is Back!
“Liberating” “It’s hard!” “Relaxing” “Just focusing on one thing…” “New perspectives, new angles” “I want to draw more” Featured in HBL Click the logo to read the full article in Swedish I don’t know where to start to talk about our session in... read more
After All What is Creativity?
In our head, everything is possible. It takes some time to make it happen though. I can only imagine how much space this dancer and freediver had to create to come up with this piece! For me, creativity is closely linked to the space we are moving in. Because... read more
8 Secrets to Enjoy Finnish Winter
1. Look for the yellow and violet Colors’ difference is what stroke me the most when I moved to Finland from Italy. Life here is violet and yellow when in Southern Europe or even in the US, life is blue and orange. I talked a lot about that with people in... read moreJoin to receive everything the intuitive mind cares about while the rationale mind can’t get…
