► Painter Markus Konttinen (born 1957) lives and works in Helsinki. After graduating from the school of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1986, he has been a freelance artist and teacher. Works by Markus Konttinen are included in leading Finnish art collections. This book presents Konttinen’s paintings from the years 2007–2012, a period during which their sources of inspiration included vegetation, water-related themes and the sky.