Northbound: The art of Janne Jääskeläinen

Janne Jääskeläinen, a young Finnish painter who moved to Italy to study traditional drawing and painting in a city living in the past, Florence. A decade of studying and working in the shadow of the old masters drove Janne to create work that equally impressive in scale and emotional magnitude. He plans a project that would demand the focus of his undivided attention for years to come. Janne makes a sacrifice of leaving his life in Florence behind for the isolation of Finland. He rents a studio and works for four years on the five-painting epic “Universal Law”, 300 sqaure foot narrative oil painting exploring the struggles of the past and the fate of humankind.