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Building Puzzles
For years now I have had this idea of creating puzzles that can potentially be altered without limit. They would be based on my The Joy...

Helena Tiainen
Jul 21, 20213 min read
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Announcement of New Art for Sale
Recently my acrylic painting, Waves and Swirls, was shipped back to me from the very successful Vesterheim Museum "Water" Exhibit and I...

Helena Tiainen
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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One New Acrylic and Many Digital Collages
Instead of writing a lot, I have decided to keep this short and share my new work, The Joy of Design LXV. This is painting number 65 in...

Helena Tiainen
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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About The Numerous Unknowns
There is still so much that we simply do not know as human beings. One of my favorite shows to watch is Cosmos, originally hosted by Carl...

Helena Tiainen
Jun 9, 20213 min read
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Little by Little aka One Step at a Time
Two weeks have gone by since I wrote my last blog. Time truly does fly, doesn't it! You might recall that I made a promise to blog once...

Helena Tiainen
May 25, 20212 min read
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About My Artmaking Process
I have been struggling over what to blog about this week. The options seemed to be so many, ranging from completed works to works in...

Helena Tiainen
May 11, 20213 min read
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New Works and Variations
I have been busy painting and elaborating on my art digitally during these past two weeks. I am going to keep this blog short but I...

Helena Tiainen
Apr 27, 20212 min read
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Zoom Event on April 24, at 4 PM (CT)
You can view this event on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-5XCqc_uuo. Ten of my fellow artists participating in the "Water"...

Helena Tiainen
Apr 22, 20211 min read
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New Gallery!
This is not really a blog, but an announcement. I have just added a gallery here on wix to introduce my The Joy of Design Mandala Series...

Helena Tiainen
Apr 19, 20211 min read
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Making Choices
This blog is likely the only one I will write until April 26. I have been thinking about the weekly blogging I have been doing since...

Helena Tiainen
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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The Influence of Being Influenced
A short while back I had the pleasure to watch the documentary, My Octopus Teacher. I viewed this film with great interest since I myself...

Helena Tiainen
Apr 5, 20215 min read
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Why Do I Create Art?
I could start with a simple statement: "I create art because I can." You see, there is so much in life over which I seem to have...

Helena Tiainen
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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Turning Frustration Into Creativity
Yesterday, March 21, was one of those days when nothing seemed to work out as expected in our household. The day was full of futility and...

Helena Tiainen
Mar 22, 20213 min read
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New Paintings and The Joy of Design
For the past couple of weeks I have been working mainly on new acrylic paintings in my The Joy of Design Series. The pieces I have been...

Helena Tiainen
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Celebrating Womanhood and Equality
Today is the International Women's Day and I have decided to change my subject matter for this blog to some aspects of womanhood. I will...

Helena Tiainen
Mar 8, 20214 min read
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Busy Painting
I have been working on several new paintings in my The Joy of Design Series. These are all 6 by 6 inches in size and I will be posting...

Helena Tiainen
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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Good News!
About a week ago I learned that my painting, The Joy of Design LIII, acrylic on canvas, 6 X 6 in., will be included in a book to be...

Helena Tiainen
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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What A Week!
Today is President's Day here in the United States. Yesterday was Valentine's Day and tomorrow will be Mardi Gras, followed by Ash...

Helena Tiainen
Feb 16, 20213 min read
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Let me introduce myself to you
As you already likely know, my name is Helena Tiainen and I am a visual artist and designer. I have been making art most of my life and I...

Helena Tiainen
Feb 8, 20212 min read
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